The state concern Ukrpromvneshekspertisa forecasts that prices of ferrous scrap will fall by 3.5-3.6%, to 5.3-5.5 thousand UAH per ton. Local metal companies will be cautiously decreasing the price of raw materials purchased due to the drop of rolled metal cost on world markets. But the price drop will not be considerable, as scrap procurement…
DetailsIn January-June Russia produced 1,7 million tons of construction metal structures, down by 5% YoY. As of early Q3 average price was on the level of Q4 2018 – some 97 thousand rubles per ton. Yet, it is 11% higher compared with late 2017. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsMagnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) delivered more than 314,000 tons of steel products to the automotive industry in the first half of 2019, exceeding the previous year’s figure for the same period by 23%. The share of shipments to the automotive industry in the first six months amounted to 7.5% of MMK’s supplies to…
DetailsNLMK Lipetsk, NLMK Group’s flagship production site, has delivered electrical non-grain oriented (NGO, or dynamo) steel to Ruselprom (Russian Electrotechnical Group), a leading manufacturer and supplier of electrical machinery in Russia. NLMK’s NGO steel will be used to manufacture generators for the Azov wind farm, Rostov region’s first-ever renewable energy project. The 90 MW Azov…
DetailsIn case of the exploitation of Amulsar mine, it will raise the environmental standards of Armenia to an unprecedented level, PM Pashinyan announced during a Facebook live broadcast. ”In case Amulsar is exploited under the existing conditions, it will be exploited under unprecedented environmental standards for the Republic of Armenia. We bring to an unprecedented…
DetailsEvraz ZSMK has added another type of sections to its export portfolio. The company has mastered the manufacture of rails according to the Korean standard of KS R 9106:2006R. The 50 N rails are lightweight and are used in the construction of subway. The company is ready to produce a trial batch. Since 2015 the…
DetailsPrime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said during the closed meeting regarding the fate of the Amulsar gold mine that at this moment there are no grounds to order a new audit. “The prime minister has said that currently there are no grounds to suspend, he didn’t say that it should be operated. At this moment…
DetailsFasteners of weatherproof steel are used in the construction of bridges, power energy structures and other objects with lack of maintenance in complex climatic conditions. Because of alloying a natural protecting layer appears on the wares, thus they need no further painting. As a result the cost of maintenance is much lower. Such steel is…
DetailsIn January-July 13.769 tons of gold were extracted in Khabarovsk region, up by 5% YoY. Ore gold accounted for 11.161 tons, up by 4.5%. And the alluvial gold extraction increased by 7.4%, to 2.608 tons. The annual output plan is 24.9 tons of gold. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsSeverstal and Altaiwagon have signed a yearlong agreement on the delivery of 1.5 thousand tons of hot-rolled metal each month. The minimal volume of metal delivered will reach 18 thousand tons. Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works supplies metal from the hot-rolling mills 2000 and 2800 for the manufacture of the rolling stock. Especially for the…
DetailsMidUral Group is shutting down its operation for a scheduled and preventive repair a month earlier. Klyuchevsky Ferroalloys Works and Russkiy Chrome 1915 simultaneously stopped manufacturing chromium oxide, chromium anhydride, metallic chromium, ferrochromium and other ferroalloys on August 19. The repair, which started earlier than planned, will last for some three weeks. According to the…
DetailsIn January-July Electrostal produced 62 thousand tons of continuous cast billets, down 2.9-fold YoY. From January to mid-March the company was completely idle, and now is operating at only a third of its capacity. In July 10 thousand tons of billets were produced, in June – 14 thousand tons, in May – 10 thousand tons,…
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