OMZ-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)
DetailsMiners of the state enterprise Lisichanskugol mine named after Kapustin are still striking underground. On October 19, 33 miners refused to return to the surface. “The unions have provided them with food and water. But they have stayed without food for a day”, Mikhail Volynets, the chairman of Independent Miners’ Union, reported. The miners demand…
DetailsFor the first time in Russia Evraz NTMK has implemented a system of manufacture planning on the basis of SAP ERP and SAP APO PP/DS. The system has changed the process of ordering, manufacture planning and spare parts producing. As a result, the level of warehouse stocks has decreased by 10%. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn August Russia imported 74.1 thousand tons of flat galvanized rolled metal (including coatings with aluminum), down by 4.5% YoY. In January-August imports dropped by 7.4%, to 392.2 thousand tons, valued at $393 million, up by 4%. Kazakhstan supplied the most – 46%, down by 2.3%. The average price on the Russian border was $739.3…
DetailsIn August Russia imported 55.4 thousand tons of flat galvanized steel with polymer coating, up by 7.6% YoY. In January-August imports dropped by 30.3% YoY, to 277.8 thousand tons. The main supplier is China (118.7 thousand tons, down by 50.4%). The average price at the Russian border in August was $894.2 per ton without VAT.…
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