A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Anatoly Sedykh, Chairman of the Management Board of United Metallurgical Company (OMK), took place in Moscow. It was noted that the long-term cooperation between the companies had strategic importance. Pipe products made by OMK comply with high standards and requirements set by…
DetailsMetal railroad exports in January-March decreased by 6.3% YoY, to 7.07 million tons, imports increased 3.9-fold, to 160 thousand tons. Railroad metal throughput in Q1 dropped by 4.7% YoY, to 7.23 million tons. Railroad metal delivery to port Novorossiysk for exports dropped by 12.2%, to 2.6 million tons, Tuapse – by 0.7%, to 560 thousand…
DetailsBecause of the railroad accident on the Volnovakha-Karan route, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works will not produce 11 thousand tons of pig iron. “Minus 3 trains with raw materials through Kamysh-Zarya route on April 8, minus 8 trains today, this means we will lose 11 thousand tons of pig iron in production (around $4…
DetailsMoody’s international ratings agency has improved Ferrexpo plc corporate rating from Caa3 to Caa2. Default risk rating has been increased from Caa3-PD to Caa2-PD, while its bonds from Caa3 to Caa2. The outlook on all ratings is stable. In 2016 Ferrexpo, which controls Poltava and Yeristovo Mining and Processing Works, received $189.2 million of net…
DetailsMariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has finished the capital repairs of its blast furnace No. 3. “In 12 days all the repair work has been successfully completed”, the company CEO Yuri Zinchenko wrote on his Facebook page. The repairs will allow the blast furnace to reach its maximum capacity – 3450 tons of pig…
DetailsPJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih hosted the meeting devoted to development of strategic approaches for improvement of the ecosystem of Ingul river basin within the Program to support the green modernization of the Ukrainian economy being implemented by German Society for International Cooperation “GIZ”. The main objective of the informative meeting was to find the efficient…
DetailsPJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih obtained a patent of Ukraine for elaborated method of practical use of steelmaking by-products in agriculture. Copyright protects the method of steelmaking slag usage as a fertilizer (ameliorant) for deoxidization of acidic soils and increase of harvest level of various agricultural crops. Development and application of a new method of soils…
DetailsThe military Prosecutor General’s Office of Southern region of Ukraine has proposed to the Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Ukraine to impose sanctions on Ukrainian Chemical Products (earlier Crimean Titanium, a part of Dmytro Firtash’s Group DF) in the form of temporary suspension of foreign economic operations, the ministry has reported on its website.…
DetailsMetinvest B.V., the parent company of a vertically integrated group of steel and mining companies (“Metinvest”), announces that following the successful debt restructuring completed in March, international rating agencies Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) and Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) have both upgraded Metinvest’s credit ratings to ‘Caa2’ (‘stable’ outlook) and ‘B’ (‘stable’ outlook), respectively. According to a…
DetailsThe Russian government’s commission for foreign investment control has approved the purchase of rights by CIS Mining Development Ltd to manage the Mikheyevsky ore processing facility, Andrei Tsyganov, a deputy director of the Federal Antimonopoly Service, reported. “The second deal is a purchase by CIS Mining Development Limited of rights that allow it to define…
DetailsAlexander Podkorytov, the ex-CEO of Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works, has been appointed the new CEO of Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works. The previous DMK director Vyacheslav Mospan has been fired, but according to the unconfirmed information, he will remain working at the plant. DMK has been working at 25-30% capacity lately because of the…
DetailsIn 2016 Kraszvetmet revenues totaled 19 billion rubles, with net profits at 432 million rubles.
Sales volume remained on the 2015 level.
The company shares on most of the markets showed growth in 2016: by 65% on gold, by 60% on silver and by 97% on platinum. (Ukrainian metal)
Metinvest denies information in mass media of buying Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works, a part of the Industrial Union of Donbass. The group also reported canceling all its labor connections with employees on the uncontrolled territories, including the ex-CEO of Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works Alexander Podkorytov. “The contract with Podkorytov has not been prolonged.…
DetailsIn 2016 Metinvest paid over 14.1 billion UAH of taxes to budgets of all levels.
According to the company statement, despite the increase in expenses and tariffs, as well as infrastructure problems and the ongoing military activity, the group was able to keep taxes paid on the level of 2015. (Ukrainian metal)
In mid-April Rusolovo will start mining tin at its Pravourminskoye deposits in Khabarovsk krai. This year the company intends to mine 830-850 tons of tin there, last year it mined 600 tons. The Molodezhny mine yielded 70 tons of concentrate last year, its capacity being 1.5 thousand tons per year. All in all in 2017…
DetailsWithin the construction of the second stage of the copper electrolysis shop at Uralelectromed, a part of UMMC, a new machine to strip copper cathodes will be put into operation. This would be the same machine as is currently operating in the first stage of the shop, but all the work will be done by…
DetailsNLMK-Sort rebar and rolled wire mill has the capacity of 1 million tons per year. The Danieli mill can produce 6-16 m rebars and 5.5-22 mm rolled wire. A part of products (some 330 thousand tons of 5.5-6.5 rolled wire) is supplied to NLMK-Metiz, the rest is sold locally or exported. In 2017 the company…
DetailsThe Rovno commercial court of appeals has cancelled the ruling of the Commercial court of the Volyn region dated February 21, which initiated the bankruptcy of the state-run Volynugol. The state enterprise has been in the process of going bankrupt since March 2. The appeal on the bankruptcy ruling was filed by the Ministry of…
DetailsMariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works started manufacturing new products for the delivery to USA. “The US market is very attractive for our products. We are actively increasing the range of customers there, as well as new products. A good result for March is the cold-rolled structure steel according to ASTM A 1008/A 1008M”, the…
DetailsVorkutaugol, a part of Severstal, has put into operation two new long faces at the Vorkutinskaya and Komsomolskaya mines.
The Vorkutinskaya long face reserves are estimated at 468 thousands tons of coal. The mining will be carried out until November.
The Komsomolskaya face has 856 thousand tons of coal, enough till March 2018. (Ukrainian metal)
Armenian scientists are working on the new technique to produce magnesium. According to Vagan Lalayan, the head of the Ministry of economical development and investments department of investment policy, their partner is the Ecoatom company. “The company wants to construct a works to produce 1 thousand tons of magnesium per year. There are many ways…
DetailsDneprovsky Iron and Steel Works has started blowing-in its blast furnace No. 9. “The situation at the enterprise is improving. In the near future we will start receiving coke, and we will resume operation”, the acting CEO of the company Alexander Podkorytov said. On March 30, DMK had to shut down its blast furnace because…
DetailsOn April 5, the Norilsk Nickel Board of Directors set the date for the AGM on June 9, and the record date for the AGM participation has been set on May 16. The list of candidates nominated to the Board of Directors includes: Gareth Penny, Non-executive Chairman of the Board, Pangolin Diamonds Corp. and Edcon…
DetailsIn January-March Zagorsky Pipe Works increased its customer portfolio. For the first time the PNP pipes were sent for the Yamal LNG and AcrticGas projects. The company also delivered all the necessary pipes to Lukoil West Siberia one month earlier. “In April we intend to produce 13-14 thousand tons of pipes and we are sure…
DetailsIn 2016 Vostochniy Mining and Processing Works increased net profits 37.2-fold YoY, or by 480.617 million UAH, to 493.891 million UAH. According to the company statement, its net income dropped by 5.8%, or by 164.107 million UAH, to 2680.433 million UAH, while gross profit almost doubled, to 728.611 million UAH. As of December 31, 2016…
DetailsIn 2016 Ceramet processed and sold almost 1 million tons of scrap, with over 200 thousand tons delivered locally. European customers purchased 800 thousand tons of scrap, with Keramet Polska Sp. z o.o. supplying 60% of this volume and Keramet Hungary Kft – 40%. Last year the company invested 16.8 million UAH in the development…
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