Ukraine did not create the state coal reserves, as there were no problems with coal delivery prior to Donbass blockade, while the price of imported coal was much higher than that of the local coal. To diversify coal deliveries the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik suggests returning the so-called coal component of…
DetailsMariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has finished the capital repairs of its heating furnace No. 1 in the 3000 sheet-rolling shop. According to the company CEO Yuri Zinchenko the overhaul cost 6.5 million UAH. The repairs saw the replacement of the major part of mechanical equipment: 260 reiters and 16 units of swivel joints.…
DetailsIn 2016 the Russian enterprises of Severstal-Metiz started producing over 100 new types of products. The largest increase in new products (over 50 types) was in the sizing segment, mostly new types of steel shaped sections, railroad fasteners and small ironware, in particular sections No. 2589 for the manufacture of tracks, screws with flat washer,…
DetailsAccording to the National Statistics Department of Georgia, in January the trade turnover with Turkey, the second largest trade partner of the country, reached $85.93 million, with exports at $15.93 million, up by 77.4%, and imports at $70 million, down by 5.3%, both YoY. In particular, steel pipes imports from Turkey totaled 3163 tons valued…
DetailsThe Sumy Scientific-Manufacturing Enterprise is finishing its work on the VVN2-50M vacuum pumps for ArcelorMittal Temirtau. The contract stipulates the production of 4 units of the machinery. The delivery is expected in the nearest future. According to the Sumy NPO chief sales manager Oleg Semesenko, the company has previously cooperated with AMT, the largest company…
DetailsThe Ukrainian association of secondary metals and resources (UAVtormetresurs) has asked the Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman to cancel the demand to use cash registers when buying scrap from the population. According to the Ministry of economical development and trade, there are currently 616 enterprises in Ukraine dealing with ferrous scrap, including 62 large, 492 medium…
DetailsNovokramatorsk Machine-Building Works will produce an ore-pulverizing mull for Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Works, a part of Metalloinvest. According to the company statement, the MMS-9500×2900 mill weighing 640 tons will be put into operation by the end of the year. The capacity of the new machine exceeds that of the old one by 10%. The…
DetailsIn January industrial output in Ukraine increased by 5.6% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, processing industry showed the largest increase – by 9.9%, while mining industry growth was the lowest – by 0.3%. In particular, metal output increased by 8.5% YoY, rubber and plastic wares – by 20.3%, machine-building – by 16.1%, textiles…
DetailsIn January Krivoy Rog Iron Ore Industrial Complex mined 503 thousand tons of iron ore, up by 20% YoY. According to a company representative, in December 2016 KZhRK produced 466 thousand tons of ore, up from 397 thousand tons in November 2016. In 2016 iron ore output decreased by 8.4% YoY, to 5 million tons.…
DetailsThe Industrial Union of Donbass has named the manufacturing and financial losses of its Alchevsk and Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works, as well as EU steel works due to the railroad blockade in the ATO zone. According to ISD, on February 13, Alchevsk Works, Alchevskkoks and Ecoenergia stopped operating. The companies stopped producing pig iron,…
DetailsIn the nearest future three options to provide Ukrainian power-generating companies with A-grade coal would be evaluated, the Vice Prime Minister Vladimir Kistion announced. “According to our forecasts, we have enough anthracite for 40-50 days. And in this period we have to study the matter of anthracite imports”, he said. “The Ministry of energy and…
DetailsThe Industrial Union of Donbass corporation calls unto the Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Finances, the State Fiscal Service and the Ministry of economy to pay attention to the catastrophic conditions of VAT reimbursement. “Last time VAT was reimbursed in November 2016. As of today the state debt to Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works…
DetailsZaporizhstal employees have addressed the mayor of Zaporozhye Vladimir Buryak asking him to use all the possible legal methods to help solve the railroad blockade of Donbass problem. “The employees have expressed their concern of the ongoing blockade of Donbass, resulting in the coking and energy-generating coal shortages. The workers are aware of the consequences…
DetailsArcelorMittal Temirtau has included 23 environment projects valued at 18.5 billion tenge into its environment protection plan for 2017-2019. In particular, 7 projects have to do with air protection, 3 with water resources, and 4 with wastes, as well as various scientific and research measures to protect land resources and on radiation, biological and chemical…
DetailsTwo drum granulators OB-2.8×10 will be operating on the open site of Aldanzoloto (Yakutia) under –20 degrees C. For the machinery to operate in severe climate conditions Uralmashzavod has used new engineering techniques, in particular cold-resistant steel will be used. “Uralmashzavod has a vast experience of producing drum granulators to process iron ore materials. Machinery…
DetailsThe Ministry of Finances of Taiwan has imposed preliminary antidumping duties on the import of hot-rolled metal originating from Ukraine, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Korea until August 22, 2021. The duties in the volume of 4-80.5% depending on the manufacturer have been imposed for 5 years from the date of the decision to…
DetailsIn 2016 KAZ Minerals increased its income by 43% YoY, to $969 million. According to the company statement, it produced 140.3 thousand tons of copper cathodes, up by 73% YoY. Sales increased from 84 thousand tons of copper in 2015 to 141 thousand tons, which allowed covering the decrease in price: $4860 per ton, down…
DetailsIn 2016 Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works, a part of Mechel, received the highest supplier reliability category from Irkutskcable, one of the largest cable manufacturers in Russia. BMK supplies steel galvanized wire in various sizes to the company. Having assessed such criteria as product quality, quality management certification system, period of cooperation, supplier loyalty and…
DetailsVIZ-Stal, a part of NLMK, has finished the first stage of the highly efficient dust extraction system implementation on the heat-resistant coating machines. The financing of the project totals 1.4 billion rubles. VIZ-Stal is capable of producing 180 thousand tons of transformer steel. 80% of products is exported. VIZ-Stal share in the world transformer steel…
DetailsIn January metal companies from CIS-countries produced 8.935 million tons of steel, up by 11.4% YoY. Ukraine increased steel output by 8.5%, to 2.103 million tons, and occupies the 10th position in the world steel manufacturers list. Russia is on the 5th position with 6.183 million tons of steel, up by 11.6%. All the other…
DetailsIn 2016 Russia exported 511.1 thousand tons of raw copper, down by 9.2% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, Copper deliveries to the far foreign countries decreased by 10.1% YoY, to 501.1 thousand tons, to CIS – went up by 69.5%, to 10 thousand tons. In monetary terms exports decreased by 22% YoY, to…
DetailsIn February the coke manufacture of CherMK will be 61 years old. For the past 10 years the manufacture changed greatly: coke batteries No. 3 and 7 (and the works has 8 in total) have been modernized, 2 shops have been reconstructed. This year will see the reconstruction of the oldest coking battery – No.…
DetailsRussia’s Federal Mineral Resources Agency has granted a license to develop the Sukhoi Log gold deposit to SL Zoloto, a joint venture between miner Polyus and state conglomerate Rostec, Polyus said in a statement. Polyus plans to perform additional geological survey and design a feasibility study with the help of international consultants in the next…
DetailsUzbekugol held on February 20 a press conference titled ‘Levels of perspective specialty development’ to inform media on the work done under the Cabinet resolution ‘On additional measures for improvement of coal production supply to the population and budget organizations of the Republic’. Uzbekugol, a part of Uzbekenergo, has been mining and selling coal for…
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