Sinarsky Pipe Works has commissioned an automated line for pipe non-destructive control in the pipe-rolling shop No. 3. The capacity of the line is 60 pipes per hour. The line uses ultrasonic and magnetic-induction methods of control. The former allows discovering deviations in wall thickness, while the latter – the violations of the homogeneity of…
DetailsSeverstal has started assembling the main machinery of the line to briquette gas-purifying equipment dust at Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works, which will allow re-using some 23 thousand tons of metal dust per year. The line will be commissioned until the end of the year. The design capacity will be reached in 2020. The machinery…
DetailsMetinvest enterprises are able to satisfy the local demand for galvanized metal with thickness less than 0.3 mm, Metinvest Holding marketing director Roman Kurashev said, commenting Russian and Chinese duties. “First of all, we will commission a modernized hot-rolling mill-1700 at Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, and thus will be using hot-rolled metal with…
DetailsZaporozhye Titanium and Magnesium Works has concluded an agreement with Alloyed Steels LLC (Dnipro) for the delivery of steel valued at 50 million UAH. The metal has to be supplied this year. The quantity and the steel grade have not been disclosed. This is the first state order for Alloyed Steels, founded on July 10.…
DetailsIn January-July metal companies increased metal products transportation along the Dnipro River by 33.9% YoY, to 835.2 thousand tons. Combined cargo transportation grew by 31.5%, to 5.45 million tons. In 6 months metal transportation grew by 45%, to 647 thousand tons. In 2018 metal companies transported 1.29 million tons of metal along the river, up…
DetailsBecause of a malfunction of pump machinery one of the horizons at the Novodruzheskaya mine of the state enterprise Lisichanskugol has been flooded. The breakdown occurred on August 5. The pumping of water from the horizon of 840 meters has stopped. Each horizon should have 2 pump machines, but because of underfinancing the mine uses…
DetailsIn January-July Ukraine increased semi-finished steel products exports by 6.6% YoY, to 4.36 million tons valued at $1.84 billion, down by 6.3%. Carbon steel semi-finished products exports totaled 4.32 million tons for $1.82 billion. The main customers were Italy (31%), Egypt (15.5%) and Algeria (8.2%). In 7 months Ukraine imported 32.2 thousand tons steel semis…
DetailsIn January-July Ukraine imported 651.3 thousand tons of coke valued at $200.7 million. According to the State Fiscal Service, the main suppliers were Russia (84.4%), Poland (10%) and Egypt (3.7%). Coke exports reached 6.9 thousand tons valued at $1.6 million. The main customers were Belarus (22.4%), Romania (20.2%) and Moldova (17.7%). In July imports totaled…
DetailsThe minister of industry Pavel Utyupin has presented the new general manager Dmitriy Korchik to the employees of Belarus Iron and Steel Works. His appointment was approved by the head of state on July 29. According to the government, the company has to develop foreign trade. And Korchik has vast experience in this field. Since…
DetailsEnergomashspetsstal has once again successfully submitted parts for the Kudankulam nuclear power plant and passed the check for the production of billets for the main reactor body machinery of the units Nos. 5 and 6. In particular, the company has submitted 8 billets for steam generator, main circulatory machine and main circulatory pipeline to the…
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