In January-March, MMK decreased steel output by 1.3% YoY and by 0.2% QoQ, to 3.107 million tons. Pig iron manufacture decreased by 0.3% YoY and by 6.3% QoQ, to 2.396 million tons. Sales dropped to 2.782 million tons, by 5.2% QoQ and by 1.6% YoY. High added value products sales in Q1 remained almost on…
DetailsKirov Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works has started modernizing an ILK-1.6 smelter in its smelting shop. The furnace will get a new foundry machine for bulk ingots. At present the smelter can produce flat ingots with the width of 800-1000 mm as well as cylinder ingots with the diameter of 400-650 mm. But when the molten…
DetailsHighland Gold Mining has postponed the commissioning of the Kekura gold ore deposit in Chukotka from 2021 to 2023. Last year the reserves were estimated at 2 million ounces of gold with the average content of 7 g per ton. According to the development plan, in the first 8 years of operation the average gold…
DetailsSeveral days ago, contractual organizations started the reconstruction process of the parkway along Metalurgiv Avenue, from the intersection of Sobornosti Str. and Metalurgiv Avenue to the intersection of the avenue and Vadima Hurova Str. Yurii Vilkul, Kriviy Rih Mayor, representatives of the contractual organizations, and Yuliia Chermazovich, Head of the Charitable Foundation of ArcelorMittal Kriviy…
DetailsIn January-March, Krivoy Rog Iron Ore Industrial Complex mined 1.005 million tons of ore, down by 17.9% YoY. In March the output totaled 353 thousand tons, up from 283 thousand tons in February. In 2018 the enterprise decreased iron ore output by 9.7% YoY, to 4.581 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January-March, Chukotka Autonomous District mined 110 thousand tons of coal, down by 40% YoY. The decrease has to do with the scheduled drop in mining at the Fandyushkinskoye deposit. In 3 months Beringpromugol LLC, operating at the deposit, mined 76.9 thousand tons of coal, down by 45% YoY. The second coalminer – Shakhta Ugolnaya…
DetailsThe European Commission has started another investigation of ferrosilicon imports from China and Russia. The previous antidumping duties, imposed in April 2014, have expired. The initiative to start a new investigation came from Euroalliages. The association believes that the cancellation of duties will result in new dumping deliveries and damages to the European companies. Duties…
DetailsIn January-March, VIZ-Stal produced 43 thousand tons of transformer steel, on par with Q1 2018. Capacities were 100% loaded. Sales grew by 5%, to 43 thousand tons. Exports accounted for 87% of sales. The key markets were India, Near East and North America. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsMoscow Loan Bank and ChTPZ Group have signed a loan agreement of 4 billion rubles. The funds will be provided for 3 years. The parties have been cooperating since 2014. This year the bank decided to enlarge cooperation with the group. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn 2018 NLMK Bars Division increased sales by 11% YoY. Demand growth was expected at 1-2%, but actually totaled 5.6%. The group enterprises supplied 1.8 million tons of rebars and 763 thousand tons of steel billets to the domestic market. This year NLMK Bars Division intends to retain its share of the rebars market on…
DetailsIn January-March, Russia produced 15.2 million tons of rolled metal, up by 0.7% YoY. In March output grew by 3% MoM, but dropped by 5% YoY. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, pig iron manufacture decreased by 1%, to 12.9 million tons, with March results down by 5.4% YoY, but up by 1%…
DetailsMagnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has commissioned sinter machine No. 1, which has produced the first sinter for the blast furnace shop, at the construction site of sinter plant No. 5. The launch was attended by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of MMK Victor Rashnikov and General Director Pavel Shilyaev. “The construction…
DetailsThis year the Brindakit LLC, developing alluvial gold sites in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), has decreased its annual target by 9.8% YoY. In particular, this year the enterprise intends to extract 92 kg of gold, while last year the output was 102 kg. The decrease has to do with the thinning of alluvial nodes.…
DetailsPJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has shipped the first batch of rolled products with new consumer properties. Improved quality characteristics of hot-rolled sheet metal are obtained through the use of a unique technology, which cleans scale from the surface of the sheet. The emergence of new steel products with unique quality properties was…
DetailsA cave-in occurred at the Pokrovskoye Mine Group. As a result, one miner perished and two were injured. The accident happened in the ventilation shaft. Pokrovskoye Mine Group is the largest miner of coking coal in Ukraine. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsAn Association of precious metals manufacturers has been created. The association was created on the initiative of the Tau-Ken Samruk company. At present 7 companies are members of the association. Association of mining and metallurgical enterprises has been operating for over 10 years in Kazakhstan. Tau-Ken Samruk, as well as major gold-extracting enterprises are also…
DetailsKarelsky Okatysh has received a new TEM18DM locomotive. This is the second environment-friendly railroad machine at the enterprise. The locomotive will deliver cargo to the Tovarnaya station. With the 720 kW engine the locomotive can transport up to 5 thousand tons of cargo, while saving some 10% of the fuel. At present Karelsky Okatysh operates…
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