Ukraine has launched complaints at the World Trade Organization to challenge antidumping duties imposed by Armenia and Kyrgyzstan on certain types of Ukrainian steel pipes, documents published by the WTO showed. Ukraine said the two countries, both members of the Russia-dominated Eurasian Economic Union, should have phased out duties that were “higher than necessary, erroneous…
DetailsPolyus has started preparations for the preliminary estimation of the Sukhoy Log gold-ore deposit in Irkutsk region. The company intends to have received all the information by late 2018 and the estimation of reserves in 2020. In January 2017 the SL Zoloto LLC, a daughter company of Polyus, won the auction to develop the largest…
DetailsIn January-September Sakhalin region mined 8.2 million tons of coal, up 1.5-fold YoY. Solntsevskiy Coal Pit LLC provided for the most yield – 5 million tons. The rest was mined by 9 other companies. In 2017 the region mined 7.6 million tons, up by 9.7% YoY, with 4 million tons contributed by Solntsevskiy Coal Pit.…
DetailsHighland Gold Mining Limited, the gold-extracting assets of which are situated in Khabarovsk and Zabaikalye regions, has presented the results for the third quarter and 9 months. In Q3 the Mnogovershinnoye, Belaya Gora and Novo-Shirokinskoye deposits yielded 4.4% more gold YoY – 74,826 ounces. In 9 months the output was 203,747 ounces of gold and…
DetailsOMZ-Spetsstal has commissioned a new coal injector for the LF-VD/VOD machine in the steel-smelting shop No. 8. The device will inject carbon-containing powder into metal during smelting at the LF-VD/VOD machine. Prior to the assembly of the coal injector, the carbon was added with the help of carbon-containing wire. The project will help the company…
DetailsThe Uralelectromed subsidiary on the manufacture of non-ferrous metals alloys has modernized one of the two ore-smelting furnaces. According to the subsidiary director Tagir Khafizov, the modernization will allow for a more precise control of the raw materials loading technique and will improve labor conditions. The repairmen have dismantled the old lining and disassembled the…
DetailsSeverstal-Metiz has mastered the manufacture of rebar ropes in special winding. At the request of its client – the company Apatit – the company started manufacturing rebar ropes in narrow coils. They are put on the drilling rigs and used in shafts with unstable rock. “While making the order we have taken into account all…
DetailsCherepovets Iron and Steel Works has produced the first coke at the coke-oven battery No. 4 after its reconstruction. “The completion of the main stage of the coke-oven battery No. 4 reconstruction valued at 6 billion rubles opens a long-term program to renew capacities of CherMK coke-and-sinter manufacture. The new machine will mainly operate on…
DetailsThe German chemical concern BASF has chosen the site for its first European plant to produce components for accumulator batteries near the Norilsk Nickel enterprise in the city of Harjavalta (Finland). The commissioning of the plant, to be constructed on the basis of the operating since 2018 pilot manufacture, is scheduled for late 2020. It…
DetailsThe state enterprise Ukrpromvneshekspertisa forecasts that in November the volume of ferrous scrap deliveries to metal companies will grow by 4.4% MoM, to 260 thousand tons. The forecast for October will drop by 3.9% MoM, to 240 thousand tons. In December the deliveries are expected to reach 230 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
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