In 5 years Zaporozhogneupor, the largest manufacturer of refractories in Ukraine, has invested over 30 million UAH in the projects to maintain its machinery. The company was the first in Ukraine to commission a line to produce refractory concretes and masses. Thanks to autoclave bag filters, purified air is discharged during its operation. Air pollution…
DetailsPrices of precious metals increased in Azerbaijan on May 31 compared to the prices of May 30. The price of gold grew by 25.0325 manats, to 2,197.539 manats per ounce. The price of silver went up by 0.2355 manats, to 24.6979 manats per ounce. The price of platinum increased by 2.805 manats, to 1,350.31 manats…
DetailsIn January-March, the net profit of Rusal Bratsk Aluminum Works increased 1.9-fold YoY, to 1.344 billion rubles. Revenue grew by 7.4%, to 27.214 billion rubles, and gross profit – by 9.7%, to 2.619 billion rubles. Other income increased 5.5-fold, to 570.3 million rubles, while other expenses dropped 2.8-fold, to 42.5 million rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsExports of Chukotka coal to Asian markets will grow. Coal output at the Amaam coal basin will increase from 576 thousand tons in 2018 to 680-750 thousand tons in 2019. TIG Company expects sales growth from 393 thousand tons to 650-720 thousand tons. The company has purchased four 500-ton barges. It also intends to design…
DetailsMednogorsk Copper-Sulfur Works has carried out a project to replace filter equipment. New Shandong Jingjin Environmetal Protection Equipment Co. Ltd filter-presses have been assembled at the dust-processing site of the sulfur acid shop. Investments reached 41.2 million rubles. The filtration area of the new equipment is almost twice larger – 240 square meters. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsNovinsky Metal Structures Works has started carrying out a Severstal order to produce metal structures of the continuous pickling machine according to Danieli design. The total weight of metal structures will be 1188 tons. As the order is complex, the company has invited other manufacturers to participate. Thus, MAMI, Continent Elite Metal Structures Works, as…
DetailsNLMK announced the placement of 7-year $500-million Eurobonds with an annual coupon rate of 4.7% payable semi-annually. The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes. The issue was oversubscribed more than three-fold with the order book exceeding $1.7 billion at the peak and more than 150 investors. The final order book was subscribed by…
DetailsPrices of precious metals decreased in Azerbaijan on May 30 compared to the prices of May 29. The price of gold dropped by 5.9925 manats, to 2,172.5065 manats per ounce. The price of silver fell by 0.0102 manats, to 24.4624 manats per ounce. The price of platinum went down by 11.458 manats, to 1,347.505 manats…
DetailsSince the start of the year Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works has presented 14 new steel products to the market: wire, belt and ropes. Trial batches of new products have been shipped to the enterprises of the car, power, cable, electrode and mining industries. In particular, BMK has mastered the manufacture of improved-strength wire. Steel…
DetailsMetalloinvest is constructing a crushing and screening plant at the Mikhailovsky Mining and Processing Works. At present the company is assembling a crushing-loading machine. It will be transporting ore from the depth of 200 meters, crushing it to the 150 mm fraction and taking it to the conveyer. At the same time, construction of the…
DetailsCherepovets Iron and Steel Works is finishing the disassembly of the slitting unit No. 11 in the metal treatment shop No. 3. Until January 2020, foundation will be laid for a new unit to cut wide rolled metal. Machinery will be supplied and assembled by Salico, Italy. The project is expected to be completed in…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has signed an agreement valued at almost $30 million with CISDI (China) to modernize its largest blast furnace No. 9. The Chinese company will design, supply and assemble the main machinery, as well as train the AMKR personnel. Last year a major accident occurred at the blast furnace. Since February 2018, the…
DetailsCentral Mining and Processing Works together with the Krivoy Rog botanic garden is taking measures to reclaim spoil heaps. CGOK is planting cane at the tail dumps to prevent dust spreading. So far, the size of the plantings has reached 100 ha. This year it will grow by 50 ha more. In 2018 CGOK decreased…
DetailsNLMK Group, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation, the Federal Supervisory Natural Resources Management Service (Rosprirodnadzor) and the Administration of the Lipetsk region have signed a four-way Cooperation Agreement in sustainable development. The Agreement, which forms part of the National Ecology Project, was signed by Grigory Fedorishin, NLMK Group…
DetailsNLMK Group has started hot testing at its briquetting plant, a facility to manufacture metallurgical briquettes for use in blast furnace operations. The project will enable the production of feedstock from blast furnace by-products, and the recycling of previously accumulated waste. The production technology is NLMK’s in-house development. It was conceptualized by Ivan Kurunov, an…
DetailsInterpipe Niko Tube has passed the pre-qualification of the supplier to the major American distributor of pipe products Distribution NOW. Last year Tuboscope Vetco at the Distribution NOW request carried out a pre-qualification audit of Interpipe Niko Tube. The results were positive, and the plant received the status of the approved supplier. The certificate is…
DetailsWadless Holdings Limited (Cyprus) has filed a claim to the Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works demanding the recovery of the debt on dividends valued at 132.32 million UAH. The company owns 21.16 million shares of UGOK and thus is entitled to the dividends of 132.32 million UAH (6.25 UAH per ordinary share), according to the…
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