The Achinsk Alumina Refinery of Russian aluminum producer RUSAL has suspended production because of explosions on a military warehouse nearby, a RUSAL spokesperson reported. “Due to the current situation, the Achinsk Alumina Refinery has established a commanding unit for a prompt response. A decision to suspend all works and evacuate the employees has been made…
DetailsIn July a number of manufacturers decreased prices by 0.8% MoM, but increased by 3.2% since the start of the year. In January-July prices grew by 9.6% YoY, the Ministry of the national economy statistics committee reports. In particular, in mining industry prices went up by 4.4%. Since the start of the year coal has…
DetailsIn May Russia exported 5.5 thousand tons of ferromanganese, down by 33.2% MoM, but up by 10.2% YoY. Deliveries to US dropped by 24%, to 2.4 thousand tons, and to Turkey – by 19%, to 2 thousand tons. In 5 months ferromanganese exports totaled 28.3 thousand tons, up by 39.8% YoY. In monetary terms since…
DetailsKuzbassrazrezugol has set a world record on monthly loading of mined rock by an EKG-18 No. 21 excavator – 1.09 million cubic meters. This is the third record with the EKG-18. The first was set in July 2017 (675.3 thousand cubic meters of rock), and the second – last year at the Berezovsky pit (1.017…
DetailsThe high quality of Evraz Kachkanarsky Mining and Processing Works pellets and the client-oriented approach of the company have been noted by NLMK. The NLMK provision service, while evaluating the operation with suppliers in 2018, awarded Evraz KGOK the A class (the party with the high level of delivery reliability) giving it the highest points…
DetailsThe European Commission has decreased the antidumping duties on Interpipe Niko Tube and Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsk Pipe Works from 13.8% to 8.1%. The decision has been taken under a partial revision of antidumping duties on the import of some steel pipes from Ukraine. The revision has been initiated by Interpipe. The EU started revising duty size…
DetailsSince the start of the year Metinvest has provided over 16 million UAH for the beautification of the building surrounding grounds in Mariupol. The project is carried out under the “Comfortable yard” program On the territory surrounding buildings new children playground appear, as well as gazebos, benches and sports grounds. In 3 years Metinvest has…
DetailsThe heating furnace No. 4 has been shut down for capital repairs in the sheet-rolling shop-3000 of the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. The cost of the repairs will reach 10.5 million UAH ($410 thousand). As the result the furnace energy efficiency will meet the best world standards. The repair will last for 105…
DetailsA new GOST 4784-2019 “Aluminum and deformable aluminum alloys. Grades” has been approved. It covers aluminum and deformable alloys used in the manufacture of a wide range of semi-finished products (sheet, coils, rounds, plates, rods, sections, etc.). Over 50 types of aluminum alloys used in the construction, power, machine-building, etc were added to the new…
DetailsIn January-June Kimkano-Sutarsky Mining and Processing Works increased iron ore concentrate output by 12% YoY, to 1224.349 thousand tons. The company also sold 1239.398 thousand tons of concentrate, up by 18.4% YoY. At present the GOK is operating at 88% of its capacity. The full capacity of 3.2 million tons is expected to have been…
DetailsIn January-June Stoylensky Mining and Processing Works produced 8.8 million tons of concentrate, up by 4.2% YoY. 3.6 million tons were spent to produce pellets – 3.7 million tons, up by 3.6%. All the rest was sent to NLMK site in Lipetsk. As of 2018 Stoylenski GOK became the second largest concentrate manufacturer in Russia.…
DetailsAfter a 9-month idleness the mill-1600 in the sheet-rolling shop of Krasniy Octyabr has resumed operation. 20 tons of stainless steel products have already been rolled. The mill is used to produce cold-rolled sheet of nickel-containing steel with the thickness of 0.8 to 3 mm. The mill was produced in 1932 by a German company.…
DetailsIn May Russia imported 2.3 thousand tons of ferrochromium, down by 5.7% MoM, but up by 117.5% YoY. Deliveries from Kazakhstan decreased by 10%, to 1.4 thousand tons, while Iran increased supplies to 825 tons. In 5 months ferrochromium imports totaled 11.2 thousand tons, up by 74.2% YoY. In monetary terms since the start of…
DetailsIn May Russia exported 1.8 thousand tons of ferrotitanium, down by 11.3% MoM, but up by 17.1% YoY. The Netherlands accounted for 72% of the export volumes, down by 13% MoM. In 5 months ferrotitanium exports totaled 7.9 thousand tons, up by 21.7% YoY. In monetary terms since the start of the year the exports…
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