In April, Electrostal Tyumeni exceeded the output target by 9%. In particular, the electric arc shop made 31 steel meltings per day, while the average result is 27 meltings. Rolling shop produced 2.6 thousand tons per day with the average being 2.1 thousand tons. Last year the company mastered the manufacture of 34 new sections…
DetailsEvraz has presented new solution for bridges made of rolled metal at the International exhibition Metal Structures’2019. Yevgeniy Samarin, manager of the market demand development department, has spoken of the flanged beams for the small bridge structures with the length of up to 25 meters. According to him, the advantage of using these beams in…
DetailsAccording to Worldsteel, in January-April steel output in the world totaled 599.86 million tons, up by 4.76% YoY. China is traditionally in the lead with 314.96 million tons produced, up by 10.14%, and the share of 52.5% Ukraine produced 7.44 million tons of steel, up by 6.6%, securing the 13th place. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsSeverstal deems the VTB Capital report on Russian steel demand too optimistic. The analysts believe that from 2019 steel consumption in Russia will grow by 5% per year and will have reached 14 million tons by 2025. The growth will be due to the national projects – creation of infrastructure valued at $170 billion will…
DetailsSince 2016 Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works has invested 329 million UAH in environment-protection measures. As a result, air pollution decreased by 25%. According to DCH, the owner of the plant, this is the best result among Ukrainian metal companies. The company employs some 4.5 thousand people, with 80% of them living nearby. In 2018…
DetailsMoldova Iron and Steel Works intends to win back its lost positions on Ukrainian market. Last summer sanctions were imposed on the company. In late March, the Council of the National Security and Defense excluded the plant from the sanctions lists. “We have plans of cooperation with agents, as the market is quite familiar to…
DetailsDomnaremont specialists have finished assembling metal structures of the new blast furnace Cowper stoves at the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. The Cherepovchanka blast furnace No. 3 has four Cowper stoves. Their height is some 40 meters and the weight – 500 tons. The assembly started last September. The blast furnace is expected to be…
DetailsIn 5 years several large-scale projects on pipe manufacture are expected in Russia, resulting in the welded pipes output increase by 13%. OMK believes that the market demand will grow by 6%. Average loading of capacities will drop from 50% to 47%. In particular, OMK intends to commission a shop to produce oil and gas,…
DetailsRussia produces around 19 million tons of hot-rolled sheet per year, including 14 million tons of thin sheet and 5 million tons of plates. In 2017-2018 a third of this volume was exported. Hot-rolled metal imports grew from 1 million tons in 2016 to 2 million tons in 2017-2018. Domestic consumption of hot-rolled metal in…
DetailsAccording to the NLMK chief specialist Vitaly Glazunov, the company has decided to shut down two of its welded pipe lines with the combined capacity of 50 thousand tons per year. In 2018 – April 2019 average price difference between cold-rolled metal and welded pipes in Russia was around 700 rubles per ton with VAT…
DetailsU.K.-based mining giant Evraz, which operates mainly in Russia, plans to invest 6.4 billion rubles in the first stage of the development of the Kachkanar-proper titanium magnetite vanadium-containing ore deposit in the Sverdlovsk region, the company said in a statement on May 27. Commercial ore production is expected to begin in the first quarter of…
DetailsThe state enterprise Pervomayskugol has ordered the Mirnogradskaya Central Processing Factory coal processing services valued at 44.08 million UAH. This year the factory will have to process 304 thousand tons of coal at 145 UAH per ton. The price of the contract is 0.05% below the expected cost (44.1 million UAH). (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsEnergomashspetsstal has successfully prepared for shipping four bulk billets for the manufacture of the steam generator at the second block of the Akkuyu NPOP in Turkey. The billets – 2 shells and 2 bottoms – were inspected by the TAEK representatives during the 2-day event. The total weight of the parts is 157 tons. They…
DetailsFerrum-P LLC has increased the initial price for the Baitsetuy Nizhniy alluvial gold deposit in Zabaikalye region 29.7-fold. The auction took place on May 14. The company final offer was 74.818 million rubles. 7 companies participated in the auction. (Ukrainian metal)
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