Kazatomprom chairman Askar Zhumagaliev has visited China and negotiated with the management of CGNPC and CNNC. The parties discussed the nuclear energy industry development, uranium mining and transit through China, as well as delivery of the high-quality uranium to China. Askar Zhumagaliev invited his Chinese colleagues to take part in the Astana EXPO-2017 and show…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, FCA, without VAT, $1/RUR62.9* min max September 64 189 October 64 191 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.10.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal) Dear colleagues! From 2017 the monthly metal price monitoring…
DetailsEvraz ZSMK continues its program of capacity improvement. In 2016 it spent around 3 billion rubles on capital repairs and development. Its main project this year was the reconstruction of the continuous casting machine. The company also carried out overhauls at its two blast furnaces. In 2017-2018 Evraz ZSMK plans to invest 5 billion rubles…
DetailsMetal companies, including Zaporizhstal, are the main donors of the state budget in the Zaporozhye region. According to the Specialized State tax inspection for major taxpayers in Zaporozhye director Roman Afonov, metal companies provide for some 20% of all tax income in the region. “From the beginning of the year major tax payers paid around…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR62.9* min max September 561 638 October 569 638 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.10.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal) Dear colleagues! From 2017 the monthly metal price monitoring…
DetailsRussian geological exploration company Rosgeo, also known as Rusgeology, has offered to explore the Sukhoi Log gold deposit further to increase its reserves of inferred resources before selling. Anton Sergeyev, aide to Rosgeo’s CEO, reported that the company did not send any proposals on the Sukhoi Log to the government. Representatives of the Natural Resources…
DetailsNorilsk Nickel and the Directorate of the 2019 Winter Universiade signed an agreement to finance training for personnel and volunteers of the upcoming event organized for university athletes. Support for high-level sports, along with student and youth sports in Russia, is an important element of the social policy of Norilsk Nickel. Under the agreement, jointly…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR62.9* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.496* min max min max September 355 741 424 424 October 403 781 416 422 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.10.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
DetailsNLMK Group, an international steel producer with assets in Russia, Europe and the USA, has successfully launched pelletizing plant at Stoilensky, the key investment project of its ‘Strategy 2017’. The pelletizing plant opening ceremony was attended by the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the governor of Belgorod region Evgeniy Savchenko, the governor of Lipetsk region…
DetailsAfter the scrap export duty increased from 10 euro per ton to 30, the deliveries of scrap to Zaporizhstal improved. “When we asked to adopt this decree, our stocks totaled 2-3 thousand tons. Now we enter winter with 60 thousand tons of scrap. Thus we will be rather comfortable during the season of scrap shortage”,…
DetailsIn September Metinvest decreased its corrected EBITDA by 3.75% MoM, to $128 million. Thus, Metinvest has been showing positive EBITDA for 8 consecutive months. From November 2015 till January 2016 its EBITDA was negative. The group revenue in September totaled $565 million, up from $555 in August. The corrected EBITDA of the metal division for…
DetailsEvraz is selling its stevedoring company in the port of Nakhodka – Evraz NMTP. The company has been looking for buyers of its terminals for a couple of years now. The port is a non-profile asset for Evraz, and its sale could decrease the company debt burden (net debt as of late June – $5.3…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR62.9* min max September 599 800 October 599 800 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.10.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal) Dear colleagues! From 2017 the monthly metal price monitoring…
DetailsThe Russian Vnesheconombank (VEB) is not a Zaporizhstal shareholder. “VEB is not our shareholder, you can look at our shareholders register”, the company CEO Rostislav Shurma answered, when asked about the VEB decision to create a separate subsidiary company containing all the metallurgical assets. When asked who owned the second stake apart from Metinvest, he…
DetailsIn January-October raw cobalt output in Russia went up by 61.6% YoY.
According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, in October raw cobalt production increased by 18.3% YoY, but dropped by 1% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
Month Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.496* min max September 440 451 October 484 490 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.10.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal) Dear colleagues! From 2017 the monthly metal price monitoring…
DetailsThe state enterprise Ugol Ukrainy (Coal of Ukraine) has given out 27.6 million UAH to clear October salary debts of miners in Lviv region. According to the Lviv regional state administration deputy chairman Rostislav Zamlynsky, this money will allow clearing of 37% of October debts. Previously Ugol Ukrainy provided 16.2 million UAH to pay September…
DetailsIn January-October Ukraine consumed 25550.7 thousand tons of coal, up by 9.5%, or by 2.21million tons, YoY. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, in October coal consumption dropped by 1.5 thousand tons YoY, to 2.63 million tons. In 2015 Ukraine consumed 28.63 million tons of coal, down by 17.6% YoY, or by…
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Interpipe has produced the first order at the new line of railroad wheel treatment, put into operation in October. According to the company statement, the order was produced for the Bulgarian state railroads. The total number of wheels is 240. 850 mm KLW-brand wheels have been produced according to EN 13262. This is the first…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR62.9* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.496* Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max min max min max September 344 531 318 421 345 365 October 391 518 343 387 375 385 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.10.16…
DetailsSeverstal-Gonvarri-Kaluga has processed over 400 thousand tons of products since it was put into operation in 2010. The company offers cutting services to clients. In 2013 it received an additional line for billet production and a new manufacturing complex with the area of 6350 square meters was constructed, increasing the warehouse area by 4 thousand…
DetailsZaporizhstal lacks iron ore from the Zaporozhye Iron Ore Complex due to the shortage of railroad cars. “This month we are some 30 thousand tons of ore behind. This means we will not receive 50-60 thousand tons of concentrate”, the company CEO Rostislav Shurma said. The works has been experiencing the lack of cars for…
DetailsMonth Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.496* min max September 340 441 October 306 362 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.10.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal) Dear colleagues! From 2017 the monthly metal price monitoring…
DetailsOAO Minsk Motor Plant (MMZ, managing company of MMZ Group) plans to complete the first stage of a project to build a high strength cast iron plant in Stolbtsy (Minsk region) in Q2 2017. The first stage includes three launch units: the first unit (cylinder block liner facility with annually capacity of 8,000 units) was…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has finished capital repairs of its wire mill-150. The mill has been put into operation and the manufacturing process has started. “The task of the mill is to produce one of the main AMKR products: steel wire rod. The overhaul of the mill will let the shop work more efficiently and increase…
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