In January-October the group of plants – Noginsk Pipe-Section Works and Togliatti Pipe Works – increased the combined output 2-fold. Since Noginsk Works commissions new machinery, the company will retain the dynamics of sales growth, the company sales director Nikita Bakhcheyev said. The new mill will produce welded pipes with the diameter of up to…
DetailsYuzhniy Mining and Processing Works in January-November decreased the iron ore concentrate output by 0.9% YoY, to 11.261 million tons. In November concentrate manufacture dropped by 2% YoY, to 1.056 million tons. Sinter output decreased by 12.7%, to 143.6 thousand tons. In 11 months UGOK produced 1.551 million tons of sinter, down by 10% YoY.…
DetailsThe Russian government’s commission for control over foreign investment is likely to approve acquisition of a stake in the Baimskaya polymetallic ore zone by Kazakhstan’s KAZ Minerals, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on December 4. “We have just had a meeting of the commission for control over foreign investments, we’ve considered one of the issues…
DetailsZaporizhstal intends to attract a loan of $18 million from Ukrgazbank. The extraordinary meeting of the shareholders will decide on the issue. The loan will be attracted for the period of not more than 5 years, with the interest rate of 7% to 9%. The meeting will order the CEO Rostislav Shurma or another person,…
DetailsAs of December 1 Ukraine has used only 11.6% of the quota for the delivery of flat rolled metal to Turkey. The quota for flat rolled metal is 361.1 thousand tons fulfilled, bars – 9.1% (50.8 thousand tons), pipes and hollow sections – 14.5% (39.8 thousand tons), stainless steel – 10.8% (15 thousand tons) and…
DetailsIn January-November Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works produced 2.642 million tons of rolled metal, up by 4.6% YoY. Steel manufacture grew by 4.8%, to 2.947 million tons, and pig iron – by 9.3%, to 4.08 million tons. In November the plant produced 237 thousand tons of rolled metal, 255 thousand tons of steel and…
DetailsMariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works received the most VAT among metal companies in November – 759.5 million UAH (761.7 million UAH in October). It is followed by ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih (485.4 million UAH). Azovstal was reimbursed 473.4 million UAH of VAT (166 million UAH), and Zaporizhstal – 309.9 million UAH (486.7 million UAH). DMK…
DetailsIn 2018 Telen intends to mine 180 thousand tons of coal in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). This year the company is operating at the Kharbalakhskoye deposits. So far 160 thousand tons of coal have been mined, or 90% of the target. In short-term Telen wants to increase coal reserves to 10 million tons at…
DetailsIn January-September Electrozinc exceeded the zinc output target by 2.5%. In three quarters the company produced 59.01 thousand tons of zinc, including 29.18 thousand tons of zinc-aluminum alloy, 98.45 thousand tons of sulfur acid and 240 tons of cadmium in sows. Sales totaled 4.041 billion rubles, up from 3.477 billion rubles last year. Sales profit…
DetailsAccording to the Spetsstal Association, in January-October Russia increased rolled stainless steel output by 2.9% YoY, to 64.55 thousand tons. Bars were responsible for the increase, having grown by 18.6%. Other metal types manufacture decreased: hot-rolled flat metal – by 10.6%, pipes billets – by 13.3% and cold-rolled flat metal by 22%. The main stainless…
DetailsIn November Ukraine produced 2.775 million tons of coal, or 99% of the plan. This was reported by the Coal Miners Union of Ukraine with reference to the data provided by the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry. In particular, mines subordinated to the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry produced 332,543 tons of coal, or 87.1%…
DetailsIn January-October Armenia decreased metal output by 2.7% YoY as opposed to the growth of 12% last year. In particular, ferromolybdenum manufacture grew by 4%, to 5744 tons, with 758 tons produced in October, up by 2.8% MoM. Molybdenum output increased by 1.5%, to 9346 tons, with 1006 tons produced in October, up by 21.6%.…
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