In 2018 Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works increased sales by 2.4% YoY, to 10.27 million tons. The company industrial port in April-November 2018 shipped 1.65 million tons of metal, up by 52.9 thousand tons. Railroad transported 10.749 million tons of metal, up by 380 thousand tons. December 2018 saw the record high volume of metal…
DetailsIn 2018 TMK sold 4.01 million tons of pipes, up by 6%, mostly due to the growth of OCTG seamless pipe sales in Russia. The volume of seamless pipe sales grew by 3%, to 2.767 million tons. The sales of welded pipes increased by 11%, to 1.243 million tons, and of OCTG pipes also by…
DetailsIn January-November 2018 Russia exported 42.236 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 10.6% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, the exports of ferrous metals without pig iron, ferroalloys, waste and scrap totaled 27.763 million tons, up by 6.6%. Exports of semi-finished carbon steel grew by 10.8%, to 14.393 million tons. Sales of carbon…
DetailsThe prices of precious metal decreased in Azerbaijan. The price of gold dropped by 6.273 manats, to 2,172.039 manats per ounce on January 22 compared to the price on January 21. The price of silver fell by 0.1911 manats, to 25.8324 manats per ounce. The price of platinum went down by 16.1755 manats, to 1,343.3995…
DetailsIn 2018 Zaporozhkoks decreased blast furnace coke manufacture by 0.5% YoY, to 824.7 thousand tons. The decrease in the output is due to the repair of the coke oven battery No. 5 valued at 73 million UAH. In December 2018 coke output at the plant dropped by 2.44% YoY, to 71.9 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsRusburmash has finished prospecting works at the Dybrynskoye deposit of the Khiagda ore field. Khiagda is developing the uranium deposits in the Republic of Buryatia. Dybrynskoye is the fifth deposit with good reserves. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January-November 2018 Russia imported 280 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant flat steel valued at $648 million, up by 7.9% and by 16.3% YoY respectively. The sheet with the width of 600 mm and more accounted for 90% of the imports. The main supplier was China – 51%, up by 49.7%. The share of Taiwan dropped…
DetailsIn December 2018 Ukrainian metal companies received 815 thousand tons of coke, up by 4% MoM. In particular, 787 thousand tons were of local make, and 28 thousand tons – imported. In 2018 metal plants received 9.54 million tons of coke, up by 3% YoY, including 9.22 million tons of local make (+10%) and 0.32…
DetailsLast year Ukraine’s by-product coke plants imported 11.98 million tons of coking coals and coal concentrate for coking, up by 14% YoY. In December 2018, 1.03 million tons were imported. Local coal supply dropped by 16% YoY, to 2.69 million tons (270 thousand tons in December 2018). All in all, in 2018 Ukrainian coke plants…
DetailsSeverstal Steel Ropes has supplied and assembled cables for the first pedestrian cable-stayed bridge in the city of Tashkent in Uzbekistan. For this project the company has produced and assembled some 20 cable wares, made of high-strength galvanized ropes. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsZaporizhstal investment in the rolling stock modernization is 50 million UAH. “The shortage of the rolling stock is one of the issues for the whole Ukrainian industry, which has not been solved by the government after so many years. We have found an economically viable solution for ourselves, when we remotorized our first locomotive back…
DetailsKyrgyzaltyn company announced a competitive selection of two candidates for independent members of the Board of Directors of Centerra Gold, nominated by the Kyrgyz side. The competitive selection will be held in two stages. At the first stage, an interdepartmental commission will estimate the applications submitted and select the most suitable candidates. At the second,…
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