Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works has modernized the roller furnace in the rolling shop.
This will improve the rolled metal quality and decrease expenses.
The furnace is used to heat the billets to 1050 degrees C before rolling.
Investments in the project totaled 15 million rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
The Russian Ministry of energy has acknowledged that most of the coal, supplied from pro-Russia terrorist-occupied territories of Ukraine, is re-exported. The deputy energy minister Anatoly Yanovsky said that a small portion of Donbass coal was consumed by Gazprom’s electric power plant in Rostov region. “Coal from Donbass is supplied to Russia. It is consumed…
DetailsOn August 1, the Kharkiv Machine-Building Works “Corum Svet shakhtera”, a part of Corum Group, started increasing salary of its employees on the background of the 120% loading of its capacities. The maximum increase will total 40%. Previously the wages ranged between 8 and 15 thousand UAH depending on the output and quality of products.…
DetailsThe Russian group of companies MetProm will design the modernization project for Uzbekistan Iron and Steel Works. The Uzbek party will have received the project documentation by October. The project presupposes the construction of two steelsmelting furnaces, two steel-treating furnaces and a casting-rolling complex. The modernization cost is estimated at $550 million. After the modernization…
DetailsIn January-June, according to customs statistics, Russia imported 135.4 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant flat rolled steel valued at $291 million, up by 35% and by 50% YoY respectively. China supplied 26.4% of metal, up by 56.5% YoY, with the average price on the border of Russia in June at $2047 per ton, up by 36.4%.…
DetailsIn June, according to the customs statistics, Russia exported 3.9 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant steel scrap and waste valued at $3.2 million, down by 22.8% MoM and by 44.5% YoY. Earnings decreased by 31.4% MoM and by 54.7% YoY. In January-June Russia exported 38.5 thousand tons of scrap valued at $37 million, up by 5.6%…
DetailsArcelorMittal Temirtau is starting the implementation of the project on the reconstruction of the dust extraction units No. 5 and 6 at the sinter shop. The company plans to invest some 330 million tenge in the project. Under the reconstruction it is envisioned to assemble highly efficient bag hoses with the air purification rate of…
DetailsTominskoye Mining and Processing Works has started preparing the territory for the construction of the new enterprise. “The first stage of the factory construction will end in late 2019. By that time all the manufacturing units of the processing factory will have been constructed,” the GOK CEO Valery Ulanovsky said. The mining and processing works…
DetailsEvraz ZSMK has put into operation a new 320-ton converter in its steelmaking shop. The old machine was shut down on April 10. Replacement works have been finished in less than 3 months. Investments exceeded 1 billion rubles. The converter has been designed and produced by Yuzhno-Uralsk Machine-Building Works. The new gas-purifying units will decrease…
DetailsAmurmetal, which resumed operation in late July, exports over 60% of its products to the Southeast Asia. “We deliver to Thailand, the Philippines, and Korea, which don’t have large steel capacities because of the lack of energy resources, but do have rolling manufacture. We supply our steel billets there, they roll them and sell locally…
DetailsIn late 2017 Velta intends to start constructing the mining and processing complex on the basis of Lekarevskoye titanium ores deposits in Kirovograd region in case it gets the license from the State Service of Geology and Subsoil Use. The Kirovograd regional council on August 22 approved of granting the company the right to use…
DetailsThe net profit of Russian metals and mining group Mechel, attributable to shareholders, fell by 40% YoY, to 4.994 billion rubles in January-June, as calculated under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the company said on August 23. The entire profit fell by 38%, to 5.682 billion rubles. EBITDA grew by 56%, to 40.227 billion rubles,…
DetailsMariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has signed a contract with the leading manufacturer of machinery for ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH. This year the company has started reconstructing the 1700 sheet-rolling shop. “The signing of the contract for the basic engineering of the mill is the next step”, the company CEO…
DetailsCoal mining in Ukraine (not taking into account the temporary occupied territory of Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as the ATO zone) in July decreased by 26.9% YoY, to 1.9 million tons.
According to the State Statistics Service, coal mining also dropped by 1.9% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
Beringpromugol (subsidiary of Australia’s Tigers Realm Coal), which is an anchor resident of the Priority Development Area Beringovsky (Beringovsky PDA) in Chukotka, is going to build a coal processing plant in the framework of the Amaam field development project by 2019, press center of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East cites…
DetailsThe Insulation Pipe Works has finished delivering insulated pipes and fittings for T Plus Group.
The pipes will be used to construct heating network in the cities of Penza, Kirov and Saratov.
The length of pipes totaled 7.5 km. (Ukrainian metal)
Russia supplies some 10 million tons of coal to Ukraine annually and intends to retain the market. “I don’t think that the first coal batch from US will affect us. Mostly because we supply coking coal for metal enterprises. Ukraine used to get the power-generating coal from the DPR and LPR (Russia-created terrorist organizations of…
DetailsAccording to Ukrmetallurgprom president Alexander Kalenkov, the situation with provision of mining and metal companies with railroad cars is stable – it’s still bad. “In 10 days, despite our efforts to improve situation, the progress in railroad car supplies is mostly unseen – the same 18%”, he said. He noted that while some companies could…
DetailsZoloto Kamchatki, a part of Russian multi-industry holding Renova Group, plans to invest 22.3 billion rubles in the development of the Kumroch gold deposit in the Kamchatka region and construction of a mining and processing plant. At present, the first stage of the plant is being designed. The gold mill is to have an annual…
DetailsThree uranium tailings in Kyrgyzstan will be subject to reclamation, liquidation and conservation. This is reported by the company RosRAO. According to it, on August 22, RosRAO State Enterprise (“Rosatom” State Corporation) was selected as the winner in a tender for work at three tailing sites in Kyrgyzstan: Tuyuk-Suu (liquidation), Dalneye (conservation) and Kaji-Sai (recultivation).…
DetailsIn January-July Ukraine exported 22.687 million tons of iron ore and concentrate valued at $1.545 billion. According to the State Fiscal Service, iron ore and concentrate share in the total export in monetary terms was 6.5%. China imported the most – $442.523 million (28.6%), Poland – $165.157 million (10.7%) and Slovakia – $163.31 million (10.6%).…
DetailsChernomorsky Shipbuilding Works has shipped a lined barrel mixer to Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. The diameter of the mixer is 2.8 meters, and its length is 10 meters. It is used in sinter manufacture for sinter caking before blast furnace processes. To produce the mixer the company used 80 tons of rolled metal.…
DetailsOn August 21 Lviviugol received 30 million UAH from the coal sale.
The money was spent to pay July salary to miners.
According to the Lviv state regional administration fuel and energy saving department, the miners received 54% of their salary. (Ukrainian metal)