In November Ukraine decreased steel output by 4.9% YoY, to 1.85 million tons, having retained the 13th place among 66 countries – main steel producers, according to Worldsteel. Ukraine lags behind Taiwan with 1.9 million tons, up by 8.6% YoY. The rating is headed by China with 66.151 million tons produced in November, up by…
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works was awarded by Russia’s Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment for its active environmental protection policy. Government experts awarded MMK top marks for its large-scale environmental projects this year. The awards ceremony took place on December 12 at the Ministry’s Federal Environmental Council in Moscow. MMK’s Director of Occupational…
The state enterprise Lvivugol has ordered Zakhist Trade LLC the delivery of mining rescuing equipment valued at 25.45 million UAH. This year the company will supply 2679 self-rescuers manufactured by Dezega SP (Turkey) at 9500 UAH apiece. In June the state enterprise Selidovugol ordered another company the delivery of the previous version of these self-rescuers…
Zaporozhye Titanium and Magnesium Works has ordered Mars-A LLC the delivery of coal valued at 8.98 million UAH. This year the company has to supply 1500 tons of AM coal at 5986 UAH per ton, or $226 per ton. In October the same company sold coal of unknown grade to ZTMK at 5405 UAH per…
Metinvest consolidated revenue in January-September increased by 36% YoY, to $6.222 billion. “This has to do mostly with the growth of metal products and iron ore prices”, the group said in a statement. The increase of demand resulted in the growth of flat rolled metal sales by 433 thousand tons, slabs by 121 thousand tons,…
SKAD Casting-Mechanical Plant (Krasnoyarsk region), one of the largest aluminum alloys wheels manufacturers in Russia, this year has increased output by 27% YoY, to 1.2 million wheels. So far exports account for 40% of sales. In 2018 the company will increase investments in modernization and development. This will allow SKAD to increase output by 200-250…
During a tour of the ECOTECH 2017 Exhibition, RF Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Sergey Donskoy and Honorable Forum delegate, UN Deputy Secretary General, Executive Director of the United Nations Program for the environment Erik Solheim visited the RCC stand. The minister described the RCC Exhibition to the high-ranking guest as an example of…
The supervisory board of Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works has appointed Elena Sherstyuk, the ex-financial director of Evraz Sukhaya Balka, a member of the board. The decision was taken on December 15. Sherstyuk has replaced Anna Orlova, who in 2006-2011 was the financial department director at Zapadnosibirsky Iron and Steel Works, in 2011-2014 a member…
In January-September Metinvest EBITDA grew by 39% YoY, to $1.373 billion mostly thanks to the mining segment share increase by $653 million. Metal segment EBITDA dropped by $273 million. “The increase of the consolidated EBITDA mostly has to do with the sales prices growth on the background of sales to such strategic markets as Europe,…
In January-September Metinvest increased capital investments by 55% YoY, to $308 million. The mining segment accounted for 55% of investments as opposed to 48% in January-September 2016, while metal segment for 43% (51%). Investments in the metal segment went to Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works and Azovstal. While mining investments were transferred to Severniy…
NLMK Group, an international steel company with operations in Russia, the USA and the European Union, expands the perimeter of its “Steel Tree” environmental program and announces the launch of target grant allocation to local communities and NGO’s in Lipetsk region, Stary Oskol (Belgorod region) and Zarinsk (Altai region), where NLMK’s key companies are located.…
Rosterminalugol JSC, the largest dedicated coal port in the Baltic region, a part of Russia’s largest coal port holding Port Management Company LLC, has exported 24 million tons of coal this year. The milestone ton was loaded on December 18 onto the Panamax bulk carrier Orange Harmony, the 332nd vessel handled from the year beginning…
Polymetal has started mining gold and silver-containing ore at the Olcha deposits in Magadan region. This year the company intends to extract 9.5 thousand tons for processing. Estimated reserves of the deposit are 400 thousand tons of ore with the average content of gold at 8.6 g per ton and silver – 22 g per…
Metinvest is pondering the construction of the complex to manufacture rolled metal with polymer coating. According to the marketing director Roman Kurashev, the group could construct two lines with the capacity of 120-150 thousand tons each. Moreover, the group is also discussing the creation of the galvanized line with the capacity of 300 thousand tons.…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih intends to expand the geography of its sales in Africa, while the share of its sales in CIS is decreasing. “We have recently opened a delivery channel to the countries of East Africa. We have organized an office in Tanzania to supply metal to Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya”, the company…
The quarry fleet of Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Works has been expanded with three BelAZs with the improved lifting capacity – 220 tons. This year under the Metalloinvest investment program the GOK has received 6 such trucks. In 2014-2016 Metalloinvest purchased around 300 units of machinery for Lebedinsky and Mikhailovsky GOKs: 232 dumpcars, 11 large…
This month all the Metal Profil products have appeared in Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek citizens were able to start purchasing some materials in October. “Kyrgyzstan is one of the most actively developing countries in the CIS. Having started supplying products to Bishkek we are now able to fully satisfy the needs both of large dealers and private…