Gaysky Mining and Processing Works has commissioned an Uralmashzavod jaw crusher. Until the end of the year UMZ intends to produce over 30 large crushing machines, up almost 2.5-fold YoY. The jaw crusher has been assembled at the first crushing stage of the processing factory. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsRevyakino Iron and Steel Works has started manufacturing A500C sections with the diameter of 16 mm. The increase in output has reached 15%. After a bankruptcy in 2016 and downtime in 2017-2018, the company has resumed manufacture. In January-February it shipped 626 railroad cars with metal to customers. From September 2018 to February 2019 monthly…
DetailsMagnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) plans to begin the reconstruction of blast furnace No. 2 in 2020, in line with its modernization plans. MMK plans to radically modernize the unit, significantly reducing its environmental impact. The historically significant blast furnace No. 2 was commissioned in the summer of 1932, a few months after the…
DetailsThe President of Ukraine Petr Poroshenko has signed a decree to increase scrap export duty from 42 euro to 58 euro per ton. On February 28 the Verhovna Rada adopted the draft decree No. 9474, providing for the duty increase, as a whole. 234 parliament members voted in favor of the decree. The duty will…
DetailsThe state enterprises Mine named after Surgay and the Yuzhnodonbasskoye Mine Group No. 1 have found alternatives to the “supplier of the last hope” (the state enterprise Ukrinterenergo). In particular, the mine has ordered the supply of 78.1 million kW-of electricity valued at 202 million UAH from Donetsk Power Services LLC. The average expected cost…
DetailsIn January-March Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works increased iron ore concentrate manufacture by 5.7% YoY, to 3.183 million tons. At the same time sinter output dropped by 36.4%, to 331.8 thousand tons. In March UGOK produced 1.09 million tons of concentrate and 120.2 thousand tons of sinter, up by 5.1%, but down by 47.8% YoY…
DetailsA Kemerovo region court has partially suspended for 90 days operations of the Kiya-Shaltyrsky open-pit mine owned by RUSAL Achinsk, a part of Russian aluminum giant UC RUSAL, due to violations of safety requirements, the Siberian administration of the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological, and Nuclear Oversight said on April 3. The facility was checked…
DetailsNLMK, NLMK Group’s Lipetsk site, has started installation of the reheating furnace equipment in its hot-rolling shop. A new walking-beam furnace will replace a previous-generation pusher-type furnace. The new furnace will add 110 thousand tons per year (+2%) to the hot-rolling mill’s output, improve product quality thanks to a more sophisticated technology for charging slabs…
DetailsThe Russian group of ChTPZ (Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Plant) has won the tender of the Turkmengas State Concern for the supply of pipes for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline under construction. The company will supply pipes for the construction of the linear part of the pipeline with a length of 214 kilometers. The deal amounted to…
DetailsRussia notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the possibility of retaliation against E.U. tariff quotas on steel imports, according to the WTO documents. The European Commission introduced up to three-year restrictions on imports of 26 categories of steel products on February 2, after the U.S. set up steel import duties. The measures consist of…
DetailsIn January-March Irkutsk region mined 3247.3 kg of ore gold, on par with the corresponding period of 2018. At present Polyus Verninskoye, Druza LLC, Vysochaishiy and its enterprise Ugakhan LLC are mining gold in the region. Polyus Verninskoye accounted for the most gold in Q1 – 1882.2 kg. Alluvial sites development will start in May.…
DetailsSeverouralsky Bauxite Mine has put into operation the final, third stage of the Cheremukhovskaya-Glubokaya mine. Investments totaled 460 million rubles. And the overall expenses on the construction of the mine exceeded 7.9 billion rubles. The depth of the mineshaft is 1.5 km. The design speed of the mine cage is 11.73 meters per second, which…
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