Karabashmed has commissioned the second of three Kumera converters. Two new converters with the capacity of 150 tons each will increase raw copper manufacture by 15-20%. The third converter will be commissioned this year, while the old machines will be disassembled. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January-November 2018 the share of metal and wares in the overall import structure grew to 7.2% from 7.9% last year. In particular, in imports from far foreign countries their share increased to 5.9% from 5.7%, and from CIS countries – to 17.6% from 16.8%. According to the Federal Customs Service, in money terms imports…
DetailsMetinvest has gathered all the 100% of Central Mining and Processing Works shares. As of December 31, 2018 Metinvest B. V. share in the statutory capital of CGOK grew from 49.751% to 50%, and taking into account the share of Metinvest Management B. V. (50%), the group consolidated 100%. Metinvest B. V. purchased shares on…
DetailsOn January 4-11, nearly 65 million rubles of MMK funds were transferred to the personal bank accounts of victims and relatives of those victims affected by the residential building collapse in Magnitogorsk. The charity fund Metallurg, which distributes MMK’s targeted assistance funds, reported that as of January 11, 162 people who had been affected in…
DetailsThe gold, silver and palladium prices for increased in Azerbaijan. The price of gold grew by 1.0455 manats, to 2,195.0315 manats per ounce on January 15 compared to the price on January 14. The price of silver went up by 0.192 manats, to 26.6463 manats per ounce. The price of platinum dropped by 6.5535 manats,…
DetailsMariupol metal works products are transported via railroad to the ports of Olvia, Nikolayev and Yuzhniy in Odessa and Nikolayev regions. Previously all Metinvest metal was shipped through the Mariupol Sea Trade Port. “Because of the Azov Sea blockade, the weather conditions and the geopolitical situation, a lot of metal is shipped via ports of…
DetailsThe Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia has allowed Polyus Krasnoyarsk purchasing 9.8% of the SL Zoloto LLC. As a result of the deal Polyus via its daughter company Polyus Krasnoyarsk will become the owner of 68.2% of SL Zoloto. SL Zoloto is the joint venture between Polyus and Rostec created to develop the Sukhoi Log…
DetailsLast year enterprises extracting gold in Amur region obtained 22.7 tons, down by 12% YoY. Ore gold accounted for 14.1 tons and alluvial gold – for 8.7 tons. The decrease in the output has to do with the drop in the manufacture at Petropavlovsk enterprises and at the Berezitoviy mine (Nordgold). Thus, last year Petropavlovsk…
DetailsNLMK reports the appointment of Stanislav Olkov the CEO of VIZ-Stal. He has replaced Valeriy Shevelev in this office. Shevelev will focus on a new strategy stage of NLMK Group. The goal of Olkov is to improve product quality and business process efficiency. Stanislav Olkov has been working with VIZ-Stal since 2007. Since 2013 he…
DetailsIn January-November 2018 Russia exported 2.3 million tons of steel pipes valued at $2.46 billion, up by 23% and by 38.4% YoY respectively. According to the customs statistics, Finland remains the leading importer, having purchased 19.7% of all pipes. Still exports to Finland fell by 23.5% YoY. Kazakhstan holds the share of 17.5%, up by…
DetailsOJSC Magnitogorsk Metalware and Calibration Plant MMK Metiz has successfully passed the certification audit for compliance with the requirements of the new international standard in the railway industry ISO/TS 22163:2017. The company is one of the first Russian metalware companies to be certified in line with this standard. Over the course of a week, specialists…
DetailsIn December 2018 Dneprospetsstal produced 18,165 tons of steel, down by 3.1% MoM. Rolled metal output dropped by 3.5%, to 11,888 tons. The total cost of products manufactured in December 2018 was 768,510 thousand UAH, up by 0.7% MoM. In 2018 the company produced 247,028 tons of steel and 162,638 tons of rolled metal, all…
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