Dneprometiz has launched manufacture of galvanized steel wire after reconstruction of the corresponding mill. “We have bought new machinery and commissioned it”, the sales department specialist Pavel Petrenko has reported. The new machinery allows producing steel wire with zinc coating of A, AB, B, C and D classes in the diameter of 0.8 to 9…
DetailsThe sales of steel products via the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) went up 4% YoY, to Br334 million in January-March, spokesman for the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange Roman Yaniv reported. “The main driving force behind the growth were three product groups: ferrous metals and their products, coal and cabling and wiring products. Purchases of…
DetailsThe ex-head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (terrorist organization, created and supported by Russia) intelligence service Yevgeniy Tynyanskiy has reported on the situation at Donetskkoks. According to him, wages at the plant haven’t been paid for 10 months. “The replacement of the minister has not changed anything. Looks like this is the plan of the…
DetailsSince the start of the year, the Federal Service on Intellectual Property has granted Evraz NTMK five patents on unique inventions. The inventions relate to the manufacture of railroad tyres, technological processes in blast furnace and converter shops, as well as decrease of environment impact. All the new techniques have been successfully implemented at the…
DetailsChelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has commissioned its modernized mill-240. The mill will be able to produce new type of products – heat-strengthened rebars. Reinforced bars will correspond to the new GOST 34029-2016 standard. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsKarabashmed has started preparing a construction site to erect a new site to produce copper anodes. The site will be situated in the metallurgical shop. The workers have started disassembling old metal structures. The new anode site will increase copper manufacture by a third, to 230 thousand tons per year, and create a new manufacture…
DetailsLast year, Seligdar prospecting works volumes reached 42.9 thousand meters. This year the company intends to increase the result to 45.5 thousand meters. In order to clarify borders and reserves of ore blocks, the company drilled 64.4 thousand meters of shafts in 2019, and this year plans to increase drilling 1.7-fold, to 109.2 thousand meters.…
DetailsIn February, Russia exported 4.5 thousand tons of ferromanganese, down by 26% MoM and by 24% YoY. Price dropped by 10%, to $877 per ton. Deliveries to US dropped by 9%, to 2.9 thousand tons, and to Ukraine – by 43%, to 837 tons, but to Kazakhstan grew from 531 tons to 607 tons. In…
DetailsIn February, Russia imported 16.4 thousand tons of ferrosilicomanganese, up by 20% MoM and by 8% YoY. Price dropped from $920 to $913 per ton. Deliveries from Georgia grew by 29%, to 9.9 thousand tons, and from Norway – 2-fold, to 1.6 thousand tons. At the same time purchases from Kazakhstan fell from 5.2 thousand…
DetailsThe Norilsk Nickel board of directors has decided to hold the annual shareholders meeting as absentee ballot. The meeting will take place on May 13. The board recommends paying 557.2 rubles per ordinary share as final dividends for 2019 (around $7.3). Thus, it is proposed to spend 8.2 billion rubles ($1.2 billion) to pay dividends.…
DetailsIn January-March, Mechel-Service sold around 350 thousand tons of metal products, up by 3% YoY. The increase in beams and steel ropes sales reached 65%, belts – 58%, rebars – 26% and wire – 21%. Stainless sheet sales demonstrated the highest increase – 147%. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsGold production at the Kumtor Mine in 2019 was 600,201 ounces or 18,668.35 kg, Centerra Gold Inc. reported. Gold sales in 2019 were 600,231 ounces or 18,669.28 kg with a revenue totaling $827.5 million. Contribution to the national budget in taxes and mandatory payments in 2019 was more than 14.8 billion soms. The Dore bars…
DetailsIn January-March, Ferrexpo increased pellets output by 7.4% YoY, to 2.725 million tons. In particular, manufacture of pellets of ore with the iron content of 62% decreased by 31.8%, to 73.3 thousand tons, but with iron content of 65% grew by 9.1%, to 2.652 million tons. It is expected that sales in Q1 will reach…
DetailsThe occupational administration of Russia has liquidated two mines – Novopavlovskaya and Miusinskaya – by way of flooding. “These mines were situated in the town of Khrustalniy (previously called Krasniy Luch). Until 2014 they were a part of the state enterprise Donbassantrazit”, the Verkhovanay Rada human rights ombudsman in Donetsk and Lugansk regions Pavel Lysyanskiy…
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