In January-March, aluminum ore mining decreased by 23% YoY, to 960.1 thousand tons, resulting in the drop of raw aluminum production by 9.5%, to 395.9 thousand tons. Exports of aluminum oxides and hydroxides dropped by 52%, and of raw aluminum – by 1%. Exports of primary aluminum grew by 7.8%. The main importers are Italy,…
DetailsMade in Steel-2019 exhibition has started in Milan. Italy is traditionally one of the major MMK partners in Europe. The company delegation at the exhibition is headed by Oleg Fedonin, director of the foreign activity and sales to car manufacturers department. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsYesaulskaya, a part of Raspadskaya, is one of the last mines to be constructed in USSR. The construction began in 1979, and in May 1984 the mine was commissioned. In 1997 the first 1 million tons of coal was mined, and in just two years – 2 million tons. In 2004 the miners set a…
DetailsIn January-March, Russia’s exports totaled $104.9 billion, up by 1.4% YoY. The share of metal and wares was 9.5%, down from 10.4%. The share of far foreign countries decreased to 9.1% from 10.1%, while of CIS grew from 12.5%, to 12.7%. The volumes of ferroalloys exports increased by 26.1%, and of semi-finished products of iron…
DetailsIn January-March, Russia’s imports totaled $53.8 billion, down by 2.4% YoY. The share of metal and metal wares was 7%, down from 7.2%. The share of far foreign countries was 5.9% (5.7%) and of CIS – 16.3% (18.6%). The volume of ferrous metals imports dropped by 18.5%, including flat rolled metal of iron and unalloyed…
DetailsGosuglepostach and Centerenergo have to clear salary debts to miners of the Lviv-Volyn basin. “My task now is to make these enterprises start paying you”, the energy and coal industry minister Igor Nasalik said at the miners strike. According to him, the main problem is that there appeared private organizations in the coal sale scheme…
DetailsInterpipe has appointed Andrei Sanin the acting chairman of the board of the Interpipe NMTZ from May 16. Since 2018 he has been a commercial director of Interpipe Vtormet. The previous chairman of the board, Yuri Antipov, who has been serving in the office for 12 years, decided to retire. Sanin has been working with…
DetailsThis year Evraz KGOK will receive its first BelAZ-75313 quarry dump trucks with the lifting capacity of 240 tons. Previously the company ordered only 30-130-ton trucks. This year 5 new dump trucks will arrive at KGOK. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn May, Zagorsky Pipe Works has shipped the last batch of pipes for this year to be used by Gazprom. The overall volume exceeded 113 thousand tons. The pipe manufacturing campaign was complete in 5 months. Large diameter pipes with the diameter of 1420 mm in three-layer outer insulation accounted for most of the volume.…
DetailsIn January-April, Arctic Developments LLC, a subsidiary of SUEK, increased coal output at the Apsatskoye deposit in Zabaikalye region by 6% YoY, to 208.6 thousand tons. Last year the enterprise mined 618.8 thousand tons of coal, up by 3% YoY. This year output is expected to reach 620 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January-April, Azovstal produced 1.209 million tons of rolled metal, down by 6.5% YoY. Steel manufacture dropped by 2.9%, to 1.359 million tons, and pig iron – by 12.2%, to 1.153 million tons. In April the company produced 325 thousand tons of rolled metal, 387 thousand tons of steel and 321 thousand tons of pig…
DetailsIn April, Ukraine exported 228.5 thousand tons of pig iron valued at $75.52 million, up by 45.05% and by 92.7% MoM respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, in 4 months Ukraine exported 858.069 thousand tons of pig iron valued at $281.394 million, up by 36.7%. The share of pig iron in the overall exports…
DetailsIn January-April, Ukraine decreased exports of ferrous metals via its seaports by 2.9% YoY, to 5.36 million tons. According to the Association of Sea Trade Ports of Ukraine, in particular, the export of pig iron dropped by 32%, to 773.77 thousand tons, rolled metal – by 2.6%, to 3.27 million tons, and scrap – by…
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