The minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik promised, that in 2017 the state enterprise Lvivugol would receive 350 million UAH of loan funds under state guarantees for modernization. The promise was made on September 21, 2017. “Lvivugol provides for 50% of daily supplies for the power industry, so the issue of development is…
DetailsIn 2017 Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works increased electricity production by 1.15%, to 4441.703 million kW-h. This is the highest volume in the company history. “The increase of output allowed CherMK to increase the share of its own electricity in the total consumption to 78.3%, up by 0.5% YoY”, Severstal Russian Steel CEO Vadim Germanov…
DetailsIn January-November 2017 Russia increased exports of rebars to Poland 9-fold YoY, to 60 thousand tons. The main exporter in the given period was NLMK-Kaluga (95% of the total exports). Evraz ZSMK supplied some 2 thousand tons. In November 2017 the average price for NLMK-Kaluga rebars was $545 per ton, and that of Evraz ZSMK…
DetailsThe state enterprise Selidovugol has concluded an agreement with Trading and Industrial enterprise Arista LLC on the delivery of 6 tons of chemical lime absorbent valued at 854 thousand UAH. The manufacturer of the product is the Russian Khimpoglotitel LLC, with Arista being its official dealer. The cost of 1 ton according to the agreement…
DetailsThe United Mining and Chemical Company, owner of Volnogorsk Mining and Processing Works and Irshansk Mining and Processing Works, in 2017 increased ilmenite output by 18.7% YoY, to 392.2 thousand tons. In particular, IrGOK produced 224.4 thousand tons of ilmenite concentrate, the best result for the past three years. At the same time, Volnogorsk GOK…
DetailsA new plant to produce copper wire rod opened in the city of Togliatti. In particular, a cold start was made to the fire refining furnace. The plant is expected to produce 24 thousand tons of copper wire rod per year and will employ 170 people. The owner of the plant – Akron Holding –…
DetailsIn December 2017, 7.2 million tons of ferrous metals were transported via railroad, up by 14.3% YoY. And in 2017 railroads transported 73 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 2.8% YoY. According to Rosstat, in 2017 rolled metal output grew by 0.7%, pig iron – by 0.5%, pipes – by 4.8% and ferrous metals…
DetailsChelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has confirmed correspondence of 60E1 and 60E2 heat-strengthened rails manufacture to TSI requirements. The certificates obtained allow the company exporting products to the EU. ChMK started manufacturing these types of rails of R350HT steel grade specifically for the European market. The audit has been carried out by TUV Nord. (Ukrainian…
DetailsIn 2017 Ferrexpo exported 10.406 million tons of iron ore pellets. In particular, Poltava Mining and Processing Works exported 7.821 million tons and Yeristovo GOK – 2.585 million tons. Karelsky Okatysh exported 5.599 million tons of pellets, Metalloinvest – 5257.7 thousand tons, including 3.115 million tons from Mikhaylovsky GOK and 2.142 million tons from Lebedinsky…
DetailsIn 2017 Norilsk Nickel decreased nickel output by 8% YoY, to 217.112 thousand tons. According to the company statement, copper output grew by 11%, to 401.083 thousand tons. Palladium manufacture increased by 6%, to 2.78 million ounces, and platinum – by 4%, to 670 thousand ounces. The company operational director Sergey Dyachenko said, that in…
DetailsUniCredit Bank Austria sealed a deal with Belarus Iron and Steel Works (BMZ trademark) to open a 15 million euros credit line in 2018, Belarus’ Deputy Industry Minister Gennady Svidersky reported. He drew attention to the fact that the reputable European bank would lend the money directly to the Belarusian-based enterprise. In the future, the…
DetailsIn 2018 Ukraine is expected to increase steel output by 8% YoY, to 22.5-23.3 million tons. “This is our careful forecast. The growth will be 7.6-9.4%. These are quite achievable results, if we avoid such shocks as in 2017”, Ukrmetallurgprom president Alexander Kalenkov said. According to him, in 2017 Ukraine produced 21.3 million tons of…
DetailsIn 2017 Petropavlovsk Plc increased gold output by 9.8% YoY, to 439.6 thousand ounces (13.7 tons), while the plan was 420-460 thousand ounces. The prime cost of the gold manufacture last year was over $700 per ounce, higher than the expected range of $600-700 per ounce. Gold sales totaled 439.8 thousand ounces at the average…
DetailsThe Ministry of Finances has prepared a draft bill to allow obtaining alluvial gold. When the bill is passed, the population will be able to freely extract alluvial gold on the riverbanks not owned by any company. But a license from the Ministry of Finances will be required for such an activity. The gold obtained…
DetailsIn 2017 the state company Ukrzaliznytsia supplied 48.5 thousand tons of metal scrap to Interpipe. “Ukrzaliznytsia’s entering the scrap market was a very important and long-awaited move. They sold 157.2 thousand tons of ferrous metals scrap, and we bought 48.5 thousand tons from them”, Interpipe CFO Denis Morozov said. According to him, those companies that…
DetailsThe arbitrary court of the Novosibirsk region has declared the Mineral Group LLC bankrupt. The company intended to construct a complex to mine and process titanium-zirconium ores. The claim to the company was submitted by Story-ka LLC because of the debt of 3.6 million rubles. The project to construct the complex valued at 1.25 billion…
DetailsWithin the project to construct the press-forging complex Zlatoust Electrometallurgical Works has started assembling machinery. In particular, the company assembles the press frame. The machinery is produced by Danieli and assembled by the contractor company Prokatmontazh. The weight of the press frame is 64 tons. To assemble it a Grove automobile crane with the lifting…
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