In 2019, MMK and Lysva Iron and Steel Works increased sales by 8% YoY, to 8.3 million tons. Hot-rolled metal accounted for 48% of sales, shapes – 17%, cold-rolled metal – 11%, galvanized metal – 14% and polymer-coated metal – 5%. The main customers were pipe enterprises (31%) and metal traders (32%). Machine-building companies accounted…
DetailsIn January Kuzbass pits yielded 10.6 million tons of coal (13.3 million tons in January 2019) and mines – 7.4 million tons (6.9 million tons). Coking coal accounted for 6.4 million tons (6.4 million tons), while power-generating coal – 11.6 million tons (13.8 million tons). 16.8 million tons of coal were transported via railroad (19…
DetailsIn 2019 Russia supplied 558.6 thousand tons of rolled steel and pipes to Ukraine, down by 13.4% YoY. Until 2014 the deliveries were 2 times higher. Flat rolled metal accounted for 46% of exports, down by 15.2%. Deliveries of sections dropped by 10%, to 36.7%. Exports of steel pipes fell by 18%, to 39 thousand…
DetailsIn December 2019 Russia imported 338.3 tons of ferroniobium, down by 11% MoM and by 16% YoY. In 2019 imports totaled 4.8 thousand tons, up by 3% YoY. In monetary terms imports remained unchanged at $100 million. Price in December 2019 grew by 5%, to $22.2 per kg. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn 2019 Russky Ugol sold over 13.5 million tons of coal, up by 1 million tons YoY. Deliveries to the domestic market grew by 5%, while exports – by 26%. The coal is mined in Amur and Krasnoyarsk regions, as well as in Khakasia. Russky Ugol comprises 7 coal pits employing over 4.3 thousand people.…
DetailsRussia’s output of unrefined and semi-refined or powder platinum and platinum group metals fell by 54.8% YoY and by 73.4% MoM in January, the Federal State Statistics Service said without disclosing absolute figures. Silver output fell by 37% MoM in the period. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn March ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih will shut down its two-bath steel-smelting machine No. 6. This will mean the shut down of the open-hearth shop. The premises will be used as a refractory materials warehouse. Since the open-hearth furnace No. 4 was shut down and disassembled in 2011, AMKR has been utilizing only the machine No.…
DetailsMetinvest has paid 10 million UAH of compensation for damages to environment imposed after an inspection of the Mariupol Iliych Iron and Steel Works. This is the first time that MMK has paid such an amount for the breach of environment protection legislation. In particular, the company was violating regulations of waste treatment. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsEvraz Metal Inprom has delivered over 3 thousand tons of rolled metal for the Sakhalin-2 project to develop oil and gas deposits. In H2 2019, the EMI subsidiary in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk supplied 3.4 thousand tons of rebars for the construction of the compressor station. In February 1 thousand tons more will be supplied. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn 2019, Azerbaijan more than doubled its gold exports, exporting as much as 4,802 kg of gold worth $172 million 435,300. The entire volume was exported to Switzerland. In 2018, gold exports from Azerbaijan amounted to 2,904 kg worth $118 million 39,420. Thus, during the reporting period, gold export increased quantitatively by 65.4% and by…
DetailsThis year Tula-Steel intends to produce 1.8 million tons of steel and 1.7 million tons of rolled metal. The company has reached positive results in the manufacture of rebars with the diameter of 8 to 36 mm. Rebars with the most popular diameters among customers – 12, 16 and 20 mm – account for the…
DetailsIn 2020 rolled metal consumption in Russia will grow insignificantly. According to Denis Chernenko, MMK marketing department director, it would reach 47.5 million tons. In 2019 MMK sold 8.3 million tons of rolled metal in Russia, including 2.69 million tons to metal traders and servicing centers. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn 2019 Yuzhuralnickel received net profit of 142.2 million rubles. A year earlier the works received 478 million rubles of net profit. Revenue grew 1.5-fold, to 198 million rubles. Sales losses amounted to 71 million rubles as opposed to a profit of 145 million rubles in 2018. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn 2010-2019 river cargo transportation decreased by 11.6%, to 126.5 million tons. At the same time, in 2019 it remained on the 2018 level. The share of ferrous metals was 2.9%. Metal transportation increased by 106%. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsThe Aluminum and Copper Profile Production Plant of Azerbaijani Sumgayit Technologies Park (STP), engaged in the production of polymer pipes and aluminum profiles, plans to export its products to new markets in 2020, a source in the plant has reported. According to the source, it is about export to the Commonwealth Independent Countries (CIS). “It…
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