In August Ukraine went up to the 12th position in the rating of the 67 countries, compiled by Worldsteel. China was traditionally the first with 80.326 million tons produced in August, up by 2.7% YoY. Ukraine produced 1.786 million tons, down by 3.7%. All in all in August world steel output grew by 2.6% YoY,…
DetailsSergey Plichko has been appointed chief financial officer, chief accountant of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih. He has been the acting CFO and CA since February 17, 2017. Plichko has been appointed since September 21 for an indefinite term. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsPrices of precious metals increased in Azerbaijan on September 25, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold grew by 2.737 manats, to 2,037.841 manats per ounce on September 25 compared to the price on September 24. The price of silver went up by 0.0309 manats, to 24.2225 manats per…
DetailsRussia estimates its losses from the US-imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum at $600 million. “We have calculated the damage to our economy from the US decision. It is some $600 million. We have already paid $100 million of new duties”, the minister of economic development Maxim Oreshkin said. In response Russia has imposed additional…
DetailsIn late August a delegation of the Yekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works visited Armenia. There the company representatives met with top-managers of a jewelry works, a large manufacturer of basalt continuous fibers and cement, etc. “These companies are already our customers. We supply them with such products as laboratory wares, affined metals, machinery to produce…
DetailsSeverstal Steel Decisions has shipped over 250 tons of metal structures for the construction of an Ozon e-store logistics complex in the Moscow region. Metal structures have been produced at the manufacturing site in Oryol of steel manufactured by Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. Moreover, in Q3 the company supplied over 200 tons of welded…
DetailsGaysky Mining and Processing Works is constructing a main ventilation unit at the Severnaya Ventilyatsionnaya 2 mine. The unit will service horizons below 990 meters. The depth of the mine will be 1310 meters. The construction of the shaft is also underway. At present the company is preparing foundation for the premises of the ventilation…
DetailsUnder the project to modernize the teaching program Zaporizhstal has equipped a special classroom for the crane operators. The students now have a unique opportunity to study at the interactive Pascal bridge crane simulator. Investments in the classroom creation totaled 400 thousand UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsZagorsky Pipe Works has successfully delivered the first batch of pipes in polyurethane insulation under the project to develop the heating networks of the Leningrad region. The volume of the first delivery was almost 5 thousand meters of pipes with the diameter of 1220 mm and the wall thickness of 12 mm. The customer –…
DetailsIn January-August Ukrainian heating power plants received 3.74 million tons of imported coal, up 1.7-fold YoY. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, in particular Russia supplied 2.91 million tons of coal (or 77.8%), USA – 685.3 thousand tons (18.3%) and the Republic of South Africa – 144.8 thousand tons (3.9%). Such a…
DetailsThis year the mining and metal enterprises of Ukraine will spend over 40 billion UAH on modernization. According to Sergey Belenkiy, the chairman of the Federation of Metallurgists of Ukraine, in particular Metinvest will spend 33 billion UAH. ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih plans to invest 10 billion UAH. “As to other enterprises, everything is not clear…
DetailsIn January-August Ukrainian customers received 3.138 million tons of rolled steel, with 948.5 thousand tons, or 30.23%, accounting for imports. In 8 months of 2017 the local market consumed 2.998 million tons, with 827.5 thousand tons, or 27.6% imported. Thus, the increase in rolled metal consumption reached 4.64%, while that of imports – 14.62%. The…
DetailsIn January-August Ukraine produced 12.27 million tons of rolled metal. Of this 10.1 million tons, or 82.2%, were exported. In January-August 2017 the share of the rolled metal exported was 81.6%, or 9.62 million tons. The share of semi-finished products in exports grew from 39.83% to 43.94%, while that of flat rolled metal dropped from…
DetailsArcelorMittal Temirtau has been fined for 1.3 billion tenge for the damages to the environment. The suit has been submitted to a commercial court following the unscheduled inspection by the prosecutors and environment specialists on the basis of the letter from the Temirtau akim (governor). The inspection found multiple violations of the environment protection legislation.…
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