NLMK Group, an international steelmaking company with operations in Russia, Europe and the USA, announces the appointment of Cornelius Louwrens the CEO of NLMK Belgium Holdings plate business. It includes two of NLMK Group’s European sites: NLMK Clabecq (Belgium) and NLMK Verona (Italy), and together with NLMK DanSteel (Denmark), comprises the NLMK Europe Plate Division.…
DetailsThe Russian Industry and Trade Ministry expects steel output to grow by 60% to 16.4 million tons by 2030, the ministry said in a scenario of accelerated development. “Under the accelerated scenario, an increase of domestic consumption to historical highs is envisaged not only with the help of fulfillment of infrastructure projects, but also by…
DetailsAn individual, a major shareholder of Dniepropetrovsk Iron and Steel Works named after Komintern (Kominmet) has sold his 19.7787% of shares and ceased being an owner of the company.
Kominmet specializes in the production of steel pipes and metal coating. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2016 Ukraine exported 39.2 million tons of iron ore and concentrate valued at $1.827 billion. According to the State Fiscal Service, China was the largest importer of iron ore – $627.32 million, or 34.33% of the total exports. Czech Republic purchased $194.87 million worth of iron ore (10.67%), Poland – $192.21 million (10.52%). Other…
DetailsCitizens of the Russia-supported terrorist occupied town of Dokuchayevsk become more and more dissatisfied with the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic authority activities in respect to the worsening situation at the Dokuchayevsk Flux-Dolomite Complex. In particular, the changes of the company management, imposed by the DPR representatives, didn’t have a positive impact: the salary debts continue…
DetailsDobersek Engineering GmbH (Germany) has finished the modernization of the copper-smelting manufacture at Almalyk Iron and Steel Works. The turnkey project presupposed the construction of the new automated copper furnace with the capacity of 17 thousand tons of copper per year. The project costs $92 million. AGMK is the only copper producer in Uzbekistan. It…
DetailsThe rail-beam shop of Evraz NTMK has started producing new type of rolled metal – channel 22P. Over 200 tons of the new metal has already been supplied to the construction sites in the Moscow region. The hot-rolled channel 22P is used in construction of bridges and large warehouses. Channel corresponds to the GOST 8240-97.…
DetailsIn 2016 Ukraine mined 40.86 million tons of coal, up by 2.82% YoY, or by 1.12 million tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, energy-generating coal output increased by 3.45% YoY, or by 1.09 million tons, to 32.5 million tons, coking coal – by 0.44%, or by 36.28 thousand tons, to 8.36…
DetailsIn 2016 Ukraine increased metal exports by 0.2% YoY, to 21.4 million tons, valued at $7.2 billion, down by 10.3% YoY. The main products of Ukrainian ferrous exports were semi-finished products (36.2%, or 7.7 million tons), rolled steel (44.5%, or 9.5 million tons) and metal raw materials (17.3%, or 3.7 million tons). Rolled exports went…
DetailsAssociation of Process Automation Companies of Ukraine (АPACU), by summarizing their performance in 2016 named PJSC “ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih” the winner in categories “Leader of the Year” and “Innovators 4.0” in automation and information technology. АPACU emphasized that the company played an important role in creation of 4.0 Industry Campaign in Ukraine involving Siemens, Schneider…
DetailsMerchandise export via the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) rose by nearly 30% in 2016, BUCE Press Secretary Roman Yaniv reported. According to the source, the sum of export deals facilitated by the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange totaled Br629 million in 2016, up by 29% YoY. The export of metal products rose by 7% primarily…
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* – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 30.11.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal)
The volume of coal transported via LDz infrastructure increased significantly in December 2016 –by 28.4% YoY. Overall, LDz transported nearly 16 million tons of coal in 2016. «A significant increase is also noticed in the ferrous metal segment – 43.1% YoY», LDz reports. 2.2 million tons of coal was transported in December 2016. LDz had…
DetailsKyrgyz Ministry of Economy offers to introduce export duties on gold ore and concentrate. The interdepartmental commission hasn’t voiced the size of rates yet, the ministry reported. A number of experts and heads of state structures offer to prohibit mining companies exporting ore and concentrate, allowing its processing only in the country. Enterprises export abroad…
DetailsIn January-November 2016 Russia decreased raw titanium output by 2.4% YoY, while that of titanium alloys grew by 15.5% YoY. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, in November 2016 raw titanium output decreased by 1.6% YoY and by 3.1% MoM, while titanium alloys output went up by 38.6% YoY and by 17.7% MoM.…
DetailsIn 2016 Russian railroads transported 1.222 billion tons of cargo, up by 0.6% YoY.
In particular coal transportation grew by 1.7% YoY, to 328.6 million tons, iron and manganese ore – by 0.5%, to 109.5 million tons. At the same time transshipment of ferrous metals dropped by 0.5% YoY, to 71.01 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
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* – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 30.11.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal)
In 2016 Ukraine exported 272.569 thousand tons of scrap, down by 77.5% YoY. According to the customs statistics, published by the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, exports also fell by 83.3% YoY, to $48.623 million. In particular, in July-September 2016 Ukraine did not export any scrap, with 6.855 thousand tons exported in October 2016, 11.862…
DetailsKazakhstan plans to reduce uranium production by 10% in 2017, Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company Kazatomprom said in a message. This decision was made considering current oversupply on the uranium market. The target uranium production for 2017 will be reduced by 2,000 tons, which is 3% of the total global uranium production, according to 2015 UxC…
DetailsIn 2016 Ukrainian metal manufacturers increased prices by 35.7% YoY. In 2015 prices grew by 25.4% YoY, in 2014 – by 31.7%. According to the State Statistics Service, coal and metallic ore prices saw the largest increase – by 18.6% and by 18.9% YoY. In December 2016 iron ore prices grew by 20.4% and of…
DetailsIn February Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works intends to receive the first metal structures for construction of the new continuous-cast machine No. 4. “We have already produced and supplied over 1.5 thousand tons of rolled sheet to local manufacturers to produce the structures”, the company CEO Yuri Zinchenko said. “We have disassembled all the…
DetailsIn 2016 Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works produced 11.282 million tons of concentrate, down by 1% YoY. At the same time, sinter output went up by 29%, to 2.085 million tons. According to the company statement, in December 2016 UGOK increased concentrate output by 13.5% YoY, to 1.032 million tons, that of sinter – by…
DetailsTernovskaya mine has put a new long face into operation.
Its length is 221 meters. The average daily coal output at the face is expected to exceed 2 thousand tons.
The coal reserves at the face will last for 1.5 year. DTEK investments into the long face totaled 78.5 million UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2016 Russia exported 163.58 million tons of coal, up by 16.54% YoY.
According to the Ministry of energy, in December 2016 coal exports totaled 14.238 million tons.
Coal mining in December 2016 totaled 35.155 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2016 prices of the companies in the processing industry grew by 19.6%, in mining – by 14.1%. The wares produced became more expensive by 16.8% YoY, and services – by 3.6%. The largest increase was observed in ferroalloys – by 54%, lead – by 51.9%, rolled ferrous metals – by 39.8%, precious metals –…
DetailsSalary debts for December 2015 to the employees of the state enterprise Lisichanskugol have not been completely cleared. In addition, the miners are still awaiting 15% of April, May, June, July, August and September 2016 salaries. Thus, the total debt to the miners equals their monthly payment. “Problems with timely payment of salary at state…
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