In April Russia imported 25.5 tons of molybdenum, including scrap, up by 3.7% MoM, but down by 20.9% YoY. In 4 months imports grew by 0.4% YoY, to 111.8 tons. In monetary terms exports have increased by 37.8% YoY. China is still the main supplier with the share of 52.6%, down by 22%. The price…
DetailsIn April Russia exported 1.9 thousand tons of raw chromium, up by 33% MoM and by 5.7% YoY. In 4 months exports dropped by 9.8% YoY, to 6.3 thousand tons. In monetary terms since the start of the year exports have decreased by 4.6%. US accounted for a quarter of all deliveries (461 tons). In…
DetailsKrasniy Octyabr has repaired and commissioned its Metso Lindemann Eto Cut 1240-10 hydraulic shearing press in the drop-hammer shop. The machine was first put into operation in spring of 2015 and had worked for over 3 years. In autumn of 2018 it went out of order. In late 2018 the plant management decided to increase…
DetailsThe Center of standardization and certification of metal products of the Central scientific and research institute of ferrous metallurgy named after Bardin has prepared the first edition of amendments to the national standard GOST R 57837-2017 “Steel rolled sections. Hot-rolled flanged beams. Technical conditions”. The standard draft is being developed to make amendments taking into…
DetailsIn June Ukraine produced 1.627 million tons of steel, down by 10.9% MoM. Pig iron manufacture dropped by 12.7%, to 1.463 million tons, and rolled metal – by 15.6%, to 1.47 million tons. In H1 Ukraine produced 10.18 million tons of pig iron, 10.9 million tons of steel and 9.39 million tons of rolled metal,…
DetailsIn June Ukraine produced over 2.7 million tons of coal, which was 8% less than planned, the Coal Miners Union of Ukraine reported with a reference to the data provided by the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry. “In June coal mining enterprises of Ukraine of all forms of ownership produced 2,743,300 tons of coal. The…
DetailsOn June 26 the State Treasury Service transferred 7.56 billion UAH of budget reimbursement of VAT to companies. ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih accounted for the largest amount of reimbursement – 635 million UAH. The company is followed by Metinvest-affiliated enterprises: Zaporizhstal – 606.8 million UAH, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works – 460.8 million UAH and…
DetailsZagorsky Pipe Works has started fulfilling the order of the sole heating supplier of the city of Tyumen – USTEK. The corresponding contract was signed in early June. ZTZ will supply pipes with the diameter of 530 to 820 mm in polyurethane foam insulation according to GOST 30732-2006. The combined length of the pipes and…
DetailsIn January-May Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant decreased output by 7.1% YoY, to 320.057 thousand tons. In particular, the manufacture of silicomanganese dropped by 10.5%, to 291.98 thousand tons. At the same time, the ferromanganese output increased by 28.1%, to 19.55 thousand tons. The company also produced 9.04 thousand tons of other ferroalloys, up 2.4-fold. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsThis year Mechel coal output plan envisages the increase to 20-25 million tons. “Last year the output dropped by 9% YoY, to 18.8 million tons. Thus, the optimistic scenario presupposes the restoration of the output almost to the level of 2017. In 2020 the company sees the potential of the coal output growth to 25…
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