Zaporizhstal has started using the new exsufflation system of the casting yard at its blast furnace No. 2. According to the company statement, investments totaled 80 million UAH. For the past 4 years Zaporizhstal invested some 5.6 billion UAH into environmental modernization of its manufacture. The major projects this year are the new sintering machine…
DetailsIn January-September Magadan region mined 22.21 tons of gold and 680.08 tons of silver, up by 9.3% and down by 22.18% YoY respectively. In 2015 Kolyma companies mined 24.5 tons of gold and 1127.5 tons of silver, up by 1.5% and 17.3% YoY respectively. This year the local administration expects gold mining to reach 27…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.91* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.489* Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max min max min max July 409 518 343 392 375 385 August 385 493 343 360 370 380 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.08.16…
DetailsIn January-August Russia imported 2.76 million tons of ferrous metals, down by 1.63% YoY. Far foreign countries supplied 1.81 million tons of ferrous metals. According to the Federal Customs Service, steel imports (not counting pig iron, ferroalloys and scrap) decreased by 8.59%, to 2.28 million tons. Steel pipes imports grew by 19.76% YoY, to 0.29…
DetailsIn January-August Russia exported 28.65 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 3.4% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, pig iron exports went up by 3.6%, to 3.39 million tons, that of carbon steel semi-finished products – by 3.8%, to 9.72 million tons, all YoY. In monetary terms ferrous exports fell by 16.6% YoY,…
DetailsMachine-building works of Corum Group are loaded at more than 100%. “Our clients are returning to their old investment projects. The underground mining equipment sees the largest demand. This is all due to the increase of demand for and prices of coking coal and the preparation to the heating season”, said the company CEO Yakov…
DetailsMetinvest doesn’t see steel prices growing considerably in 2017. “We believe everything will be on this year’s level”, Yuri Ryzhenkov, Metinest CEO, reported. According to him, results of the antidumping investigations by EU will be important for Ukrainian producers. “From the point of view of Ukrainian manufacturers, everything depends on antidumping investigations. If they end…
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NLMK Group, an international steel producer with operations in Russia, Europe and the USA, and KAMAZ, Russia’s leading heavy-duty truck manufacturer, have held their first Coordinating Council. At a meeting held in Naberezhnye Chelny, the two companies discussed steel deliveries, as well as the possibility of manufacturing new machinery for NLMK, including with the use…
DetailsThe Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works (a part of Mechel) has completed the overhaul of equipment at its sintering factory that produces raw materials for pig iron manufacture.
Some spare parts of the gas treatment equipment have also been replaced.
Some 80% of the sintering factory equipment was subject to repairs. (Ukrainian metal)
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.91* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.489* min max min max July 129 143 146 161 August 131 150 146 161 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.08.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
DetailsIn 2016 steel consumption in Ukraine is expected to increase by 30% YoY, to 4.4 million tons. In 2015 steel consumption dropped by 21.6% YoY, to 3.3 million tons. In 2017 analysts expect steel consumption to grow by 6% YoY, to 4.6 million tons. Steel consumption in Russia in 2016 will drop by 3.6% YoY,…
DetailsThe casting shop of Sayanogorsk Aluminum Works (a part of Rusal) has finished modernizing the automated management system of the homogenization line No. 1. The upgraded system makes the line operation more efficient and reliable. “The homogenization line improves the structure of extrusion billets with the help of thermal treatment”, said the SAZ executive director…
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* – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.08.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal)
Metinvest Group approves of the steps taken by the government to support the industry, but at the same time calls for strategic decision making in settling transparent and understandable rules on the market, including scrap market. According to the group CEO Yuri Ryzhenkov, the decrees on cancellation of 5% import duty on scrap and the…
DetailsIn January-August Mezhdurechensky Mining and Processing Works and Valki-Ilmenit, both a part of Group DF, produced 132.1 thousand tons of 42% ilmenite concentrate. In particular, MGOK produced 99.4 thousand tons, while Valki-Ilmenit yielded 32.7 thousand tons. “The output volumes of both companies correspond to our target figures. We intend to increase output in response to…
DetailsIn January-September enterprises of the Krasnoyarskkrayugol mined 3.9 million tons of coal, up by 231 thousand tons from the target figure.
The companies are steadily increasing their capacities. This year Krasnoyarskkrayugol plans to mine 6 million tons of coal. (Ukrainian metal)
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.91* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.489* Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports Export, Russia, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max min max min max min max July 462 645 406 414 355 365 330 375 August 433 641 398 413 370 380 360 385…
DetailsLviv regional state administration evaluates the modernization of all its mines at 1 billion UAH. “To modernize all mines, long faces, etc. we need 1 billion UAH”, Rostislav Zamlynsky, deputy head of the Lviv regional state administration, reported. According to him, the administration has already created a list of mines that need to be modernized…
DetailsIn September the Profil-Akras Pipe Works produced 13.3 thousand tons of products.
The company sold 13.5 thousand tons of products in September. 3.1 thousand tons were exported, with 25% of this volume going to Europe.
Profil-Akras intends to increase exports. (Ukrainian metal)
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In January-September Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works produced 8218.7 thousand tons of concentrate, down by 5.7% YoY. According to the company statement, sinter output rose by 23.3% YoY, to 1509.3 thousand tons. In September concentrate output went up by 5.2% YoY, to 998.2 thousand tons, while that of sinter jumped by 28.2%, to 169.4 thousand…
DetailsNovokramatorsk Machine-Building Works has signed an agreement with Krakatau Steel to supply metallurgical equipment. According to the company, the new equipment will be used at the section mill of the Chilegong Iron and Steel Works. NKMZ has to engineer and produce 7 stands for the reconstruction of the section mill, produced by Danieli. With the…
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* – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.08.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal)
Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev has suggested the government study offering infrastructure support to the development of copper and gold fields of the Baimskaya area in Russia’s Chukotka Autonomous District, the local government said in a statement. Tycoon Roman Abramovich’s Millhouse won an auction for a 25-year license for the Baimskaya area in 2008 for…
DetailsSupervisory board of Ukrstalkonstruktsiya has reelected Vladimir Nosov the CEO of the company. According to the statement, Nosov has been reelected for 1 year and he owns no company shares. In 2015 Ukrstalkonstruktsiya received 65.68 million UAH of losses, having increased its net income by 9.6% YoY, or by 10.96 million UAH, to 124.93 million…
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