In November 2018 Russia imported 33.5 thousand tons of flat galvanized metal, down by 25.6% YoY. According to the customs statistics, in January-November 2018 imports fell by 10.3%, to 629.3 thousand tons. The main supplier was Kazakhstan – 280 thousand tons, down by 7.6% YoY. The average price was $759 per ton without VAT. It…
DetailsIn November 2018 Russia imported 18 thousand tons of flat galvanized rolled metal with polymer coating, down by 11.3% YoY. According to the customs statistics, in January-November 2018 imports fell by 27.4%, to 348.6 thousand tons. China is the main supplier – 149 thousand tons, down by 45.2%. Average price was $895.2 per ton without…
DetailsDneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine intends to start a large-scale project to reconstruct its sintering factory to decrease air pollution. “We are starting designing gas-purification systems. We will need 2-3 years to complete the project. We are not the pioneers in the field. We have an example – Zaporizhstal. They were able to decrease dust…
DetailsEnergomashspetsstal has won a tender to produce and supply rolls to ArcelorMittal Temirtau, Kazakhstan. According to the agreement, the company will supply 786 tons of supporting rolls for the cold- and hot-rolling mills. The rolls have to be shipped in H2. The companies have been cooperating since 2010. In January EMSS has signed an agreement…
DetailsIn 2018 KAZ Minerals increased copper output by 14% YoY, to 294.7 thousand tons, mostly due to the high production at Aktogai. Gold manufacture increased to 183.4 thousand ounces from 178.7 thousand ounces. Silver output was 3.511 million ounces (3.506 million ounces). The annual target was 3 million ounces. The manufacture of zinc concentrate (49.7…
DetailsIn 2018 Vorkutaugol, one of the largest coal miners in Russia, extracted 9.6 million tons of rock (8.6 million tons in 2017). The volume of underground construction grew by 47.5%, to 9.8 km. Factories processed 7.9 million tons of coal, up by 5%. Concentrate output grew by 3%, to 3.4 million tons. The enterprise also…
DetailsIn 2018 Tulachermet produced 2.342 million tons of pig iron, up by 2.95% YoY. This is also the highest result operating only 2 blast furnaces. Sinter manufacture exceeded the annual target by 2.7%, to 3.02 million tons. The usage of metallurgical coke was record low at 51.9 kg per ton of pig iron, down by…
DetailsIn 2018 Bashkirskaya Med LLC mined 879 thousand tons of copper ore, up by 40% from the target. Factories processed 1.181 million tons of ore, producing 68.844 thousand tons of copper concentrate (11.944 thousand tons of copper). Zinc concentrate output was 11.734 thousand tons (4.943 thousand tons of zinc). (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn 2018 Petropavlovsk plc decreased gold output by 3.9% YoY, to 422.3 thousand ounces. This year the company expects to produce 450-500 thousand ounces. Petropavlovsk is among 5 largest gold producers in Russia. Its main assets are in Amur region: Pokrovsky mine, Pioner, Malomyr and Albyn. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn 2018 Russia produced 61.6 million tons of rolled metal, up by 1.9% YoY. In December 2018 output dropped by 1.2% YoY, but grew by 6.8% MoM. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, pig iron manufacture fell by 0.6% YoY, to 51.8 million tons. December 2018 saw the increase in output by 2.6%…
DetailsZaporozhye Ferro Alloys Plant and Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant have concluded agreements with Tolkachevsky Mining and Processing Works for the delivery of quartzite valued at 46 million UAH each. TGOK will also supply quartzite to Sentoza LLC for 32.7 million UAH. Combined the enterprise will sell 124.7 million UAH worth of raw materials. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn 2018 Sukhaya Balka increased iron ore output by 8.4% YoY, to 2.725 million tons. In December 2018 the enterprise produced 238 thousand tons of ore. In 2017 the output dropped by 2% YoY, to 2.513 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
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