In January-April, Russia exported 534.4 thousand tons of steel pipes valued at $478 million, down by 43% and by 56.5% YoY respectively.
The largest importer was Kazakhstan – 26%, up by 46.7%, followed by US (24.2%, up almost 3-fold) and Belarus (14.5%, up by 3.2%). (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March, Russia produced 61.464 tons of gold, up by 13.3% YoY. The Gold Miners’ Union has increased its output forecast for 2019 to 340 tons, up by 3.1%, including 306 tons (+3.6%) of primary gold. Earlier it was expected to obtain 300 tons of primary gold. At the same time, silver output in Q1…
DetailsFrom June 21, Krasniy Octyabr has decreased prices for alloyed metal waste it purchases. The price drop is 500-2,000 rubles depending on the waste type. The average nickel content in the batch of alloyed scrap should be not less than 9.3%. The minimal batch is 5 tons. From June 17, the company has decreased prices…
DetailsVallourec Niko Tube, a joint venture of Vallourec and Interpipe, was created in April 2018 to produce seamless pipes for the European market. The manufacture is situated in the city of Nikopol and consists of two lines in the pipe-rolling shops Nos. 2 and 7 of Interpipe Niko Tube. Interpipe is responsible for the manufacture…
DetailsIngulets Mining and Processing Works has rendered assistance in the restoration of the Shirokoye settlement, where some 20 cottages and 55 yards were flooded in late May – early June. In 2 weeks the settlement has been flooded 4 times. Metinvest, owner of InGOK, has already transferred over 2 million UAH for the purchase of…
DetailsWith the new investor (Metinvest) Pokrovskoye Mine Group will get a guarantee of a long-term development. In early 2019 the enterprise put into operation a new long face with 1 million tons of coal, and in spring – another one. This year it is planned to commission 5 new long faces. In May the enterprise…
DetailsIn January-May Ukraine manufactured 7.92 million tons of rolled metal, up by 2.6% YoY, and exported 6.86 million tons, or 86.6%. Last year the share of exports was 83.2% (6.43 million tons out of 7.72 million tons). Semi-finished products accounted for 45.39% of exports (42.16% in January-May 2018), the share of flat rolled metal did…
DetailsIn January-May metal companies sold 1.064 million tons of metal to the domestic market. All in all local customers received 1.607 million tons of rolled metal, including 543.3 thousand tons or 33.8% of imported metal. In January-May 2018 local market consumed 1843.8 thousand tons of rolled metal, including 545.8 thousand tons of imported metal, or…
DetailsInterpipe wants Ukrzaliznytsia to sell scrap on FCA terms. “We do not buy scrap from Ukrzaliznytsia, as we do not agree with the terms of the current auctions. The key problem is the terms of delivery. They are trying to sell a batch of scrap lying somewhere and weighing none knows how much, protect it…
DetailsCherepovets Iron and Steel Works has completed capital repairs of converter No. 3 in the converter steel shop. In 2018 the converter became the first at the works to be switched to the combined steel blowing. The converter was able to carry out 3200 steel blowings with the warranty index of 3000. The analysis of…
DetailsUkraine must protect its market from the inflow of Chinese pipes. “China constantly increases the deliveries of seamless pipes to Ukraine, especially lately”, Interpipe CFO Denis Morozov said. According to him, earlier Europe, USA and Russia imposed a number of limitations on the delivery of Ukrainian pipe products. “In this trade war we must protect…
DetailsUralelectromed has put into operation a new reverberatory furnace to produce copper granules. In one smelting the furnace processes 25 tons of raw materials, up by 5 tons from the previous furnace. The furnace will produce some 16 thousand tons of copper granules per year. This will help increase blue copperas manufacture. UEM has been…
DetailsStepnoy Pit, a part of Russkiy Ugol, is developing the Chernogorskoye deposit. Since its commissioning in 1993 the pit has extracted over 65 million tons of coal. The anniversary 65-millionth ton was mined on May 24. Last year the pit extracted over 4.2 million tons of coal with 3.4 million tons processed at the factory.…
DetailsElga Coal Pit has put into operation an ESH 20-90 C walking excavator. The machine valued at 1 billion rubles can load over 3 million cubic meters of rock per year. The excavator was produced by Uralmashzavod to order. This is the most powerful machine at the pit. It has the ladle volume of 20…
DetailsGreenleas International Holdings, Abiglaze Limited, Crosland Global Limited and Toshi Holdings have announced their decision to sell some 1.7% of Evraz shares. According to Evraz, this is around 25 million shares. Romans Abramovich indirectly owns Evraz shares through Greenleas International Holdings, Alexander Abramov – through Abiglaze Limited, Alexander Frolov – through Crosland Global Limited, and…
DetailsIn January-May Russia produced 25.6 million tons of rolled metal, on par with 5 months of 2018. In May output grew by 8.5% MoM and by 0.9% YoY. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, pig iron manufacture in 5 months totaled 21.3 million tons, down by 1.5%, with May results up by 3.7%…
DetailsCentral Mining and Processing Works has signed an agreement on the social and economical partnership with the Petrovsky district administration and the district council. Combined investments in the development of the district infrastructure, educational, sports and medical facilities this year will reach 7 million UAH. In particular, under the contract it is planned to repair…
DetailsRussian Railways and the Union of Railway Operators Market have complained to the Federal Antimonopoly Service about high prices for wheels. According to the claim, annual demand for wheels amounts to 1.6 million while only 1.5 million are produced. The wheels for the Russian track gauge are made by the Vyksa Iron and Steel Works,…
DetailsChairman of the Central Bank Artur Javadyan said that Armenia would soon start producing gold bars. Addressing a government meeting on June 19, Javadyan revealed that a factory would be established, and that all the equipment had already been purchased. “We are working with a prestigious Swiss company. A factory will open to enable our…
DetailsIn May Russia increased gold output by 11.5% YoY.
At the same time compared with April the output dropped by 16.3%.
In January-May gold manufacture in Russia grew by 24.4% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-May Ukraine mined 12.812 million tons of coal, down by 7.8% YoY. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, the output of coking coal dropped by 21.5%, to 2.117 million tons, and of power-generating coal by 4.5%, to 10.695 million tons. In May coal mining decreased by 1.9%, to 2.6 million tons.…
DetailsRepresentatives of Moldova Iron and Steel Works held talks with Ukrainian companies on the resumption of scrap deliveries. “In April and May there were no deliveries. But I know for sure, that their representatives have come to Ukraine for negotiations. There are risks, especially in winter, when scrap procurement in Ukraine falls”, Interpipe CFO Denis…
DetailsVitaliy Bash has been appointed a new general manager of Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works, a part of DCH. He is also the director of the Sukhaya Balka mine and the managing company DCH Steel. The decision to appoint one person to manage three assets has to do with the need to provide for coordinated…
DetailsThe sanctions imposed by Russia on the delivery of pipes from Ukraine didn’t have an impact on Interpipe. “Losses from sanctions are not considerable. The products yielding the biggest income in Russia have long been prohibited”, Interpipe CFO Denis Morozov said, adding that there was a duty of 27% on Interpipe pipes on the Russian…
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