In January-June Vorkutaugol, one of the largest coal-processing companies in Russia, increased output by 44% YoY. In particular, coal manufacture grew by 6%, to 4.3 million tons. Metallurgical coal output increased 4-fold, to 332.5 thousand tons. In H2 Vorkutaugol intends to commission two long faces at the Troynoy layer of the Vorkutinskaya and Zapolyarnaya mines.…
DetailsThis year the Aldan district of Yakutia has set a record of gold output – 12.6 tons. “This means there is a development, new techniques are implemented, new jobs are created, and the district itself is developing”, the Yakutia governor Aisen Nikolayev noted while visiting Polyus Aldan gold-extracting factory. According to him, gold extraction is…
DetailsKrasnoyarsk region governor Alexander Uss has visited Boguchansky Aluminum Works where a construction of a foundry complex with the capacity of 120 thousand tons is drawing to an end. The alloys to be produced by the new line will be used in car manufacture. This is the first official visit to the site after the…
DetailsThe authorities of Chelyabinsk region want to relaunch the manufacturing sites of Ufaleinickel, shut down several years ago. The regional governor Alexei Teksler has visited the town of Verkhniy Ufalei and the site of the plant. The main thing is to find investors. So far, only small investors have shown interest to the site. If…
DetailsSeversky Pipe Works is assembling the main machinery within a project to construct a new site of pipe heat treatment. The site No. 3 will be commissioned until the end of the year. The new site will allow STZ to master new types of products. The site capacity will be 300 thousand tons. The machinery…
DetailsThe acting governor of Kurgan region Vadim Shumkov has discussed cooperation with the delegation of the MMK. In particular, he pointed to several priority ways of cooperation. “The first is to resume developing iron ore deposits in the region. We are also interested in creating a metal wares manufacture. Such products are in great demand…
DetailsThe Eurasian Economic Committee has decided to suspend the imposition of an antidumping duty of 34.22% on steel railroad wheels from Ukraine. The decision comes into effect 30 days after publication and is valid through June 1, 2020. The repeated antidumping investigation on import of wheels from Ukraine was initiated by BelAZ and Kazakhstan Railways.…
DetailsMagnitogorsk was removed from the list of Russian cities with very high levels of air pollution, according to a report by the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet) in 2018. Thanks to MMK’s large-scale environmental program, the Comprehensive Air-quality Index (CAI) indicator for the city will have been reduced to a low level…
DetailsOn July 22 an employee perished at the Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine. This is the second accident this year. The accident happened in the blast furnace shop. The employee worked for a subcontracting organization. The previous accident happened on February 18. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January-June Ukraine manufactured 9.42 million tons of rolled metal, up by 1.9% YoY, of which 8.11 million tons, or 86.1%, were exported. In H1 2018 the share of exports was 84.6% (7.82 million tons out of 9.25 million tons produced). The main export markets were the EU (32.1%), Africa (18.9%) and the Near East…
DetailsIn January-June Ukrainian metal makers supplied 1.312 million tons of rolled metal to the domestic market. In 6 months domestic market received 1.974 million tons of rolled metal, of which imports accounted for 661.8 thousand tons, or 33.5%. In H1 2018 domestic market received 2.081 million tons, including 653.3 thousand tons of imports, or 31.4%…
DetailsNLMK Group, a global steel company, has signed a long-term strategic partnership agreement with LTC Group, Italy and Middle East, a leading European manufacturer of components for transformers and power generation devices. Under the agreement, NLMK Group companies in Lipetsk and Yekaterinburg will regularly supply grain-oriented and non-grain-oriented electrical steel and provide technical support to…
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