Sredneuralsky Copper Smelting Works has put into operation the Vanyukov furnace No. 1 after capital repairs. The project envisioned the repair of the metallic frame of the furnace, loading tract, matte and slag mixers, refractory lining, etc. SUMZ repairs furnaces every two years. Thus, each year one of the SUMZ furnaces is repaired. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsEvraz and the Russian Railroads have launched the system of electronic workflow. Each month Evraz sends to RZhD some 300 packets of paper documents. Each packet has dozens of documents. The switch to the electronic workflow will decrease time to prepare and send the primary documents from 8 to 1-2 days. The process took around…
DetailsMetal products for the construction of stadiums for the World Cup were supplied by Severstal, Mechel, Evraz, Metalloinvest, TMK, OMK, NLMK and MMK. According to the Russian Steel Association, the 8 major companies supplied 200 thousand tons of rolled metal. NLMK accounted for almost 25% of all the deliveries (49140 tons). The company metal was…
DetailsIn May Zapadno-Sibirsky Iron and Steel Works decreased railroad deliveries of rolled metal to its customers by 6.3% MoM, but increased them by 5.6% YoY. In 5 months sales dropped by 0.7% YoY, to 2.75 million tons. Sales to domestic customers grew by 3.7%, to 792.4 thousand tons, while exports – by 0.6%, to 1.96…
DetailsThe development of Ishtamberdi gold field in Ala-Buka district was suspended, the Department of Internal Affairs for Jalal-Abad region reported. According to its data, a commission came to the site after the rally of local residents, which found minor shortcomings in the development of the field. In addition, a criminal case was initiated under the…
DetailsImported coal deliveries to thermal and combined heat and thermal power plants in January-May grew 2.8-fold YoY, to 2.781 million tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, in particular Russia supplied 2.013 million tons of coal, or 72.4%, USA – 623.2 thousand tons (22.4%) and South African Republic – 144.8 thousand tons…
DetailsPresident Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to increase the scrap export duty to 42 euros per ton and prolong it for a year, until September 2019. On May 17 the Verkhovna Rada adopted the decree No. 8226 “On amendments to some decrees of Ukraine on the decrease of ferrous scrap on domestic market”. In…
DetailsIn January-May Russia produced 21.6 million tons of pig iron, down by 0.4% YoY. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, in May the decrease was 0.2% YoY and 0.6% MoM. Rolled metal output increased by 2.3%, to 25.9 million tons, with May results up by 0.5% MoM and by 2.9% YoY. Pipe companies…
DetailsIn January-May Amur region obtained 7337.7 kg of gold, down by 13% YoY. Silver is not mined in the region. The decrease in the output has to do with the drop of manufacture at Petropavlovsk and Nordgold assets. 6551.6 kg accounted for ore gold. Alluvial season started in May, and as of June 1, 786.1…
DetailsIn May ZEMZ produced 4568 tons of steel, with the third electric steel shop providing 545 tons. Last month ZEMZ sold 2974 tons of metal. The mill-750 produced 2177 tons of rolled metal, up by 7.7% from the target. Slabs of nickel-containing stainless steel accounted for 615 tons. They have been supplied to Krasniy Oktyabr.…
DetailsAlexandrinskaya Mining and Ore Company has mined 4 million tons of ore at the underground mine Chebachye. The deposit of the copper ores is situated in Chelyabinsk region. It was discovered in 1972. The reserves are estimated at 15 million tons of ore. The development of the deposits started in 2004. The mine was commissioned…
DetailsRussian Copper Company intends to buy a project to develop the Malmyzhskoye gold-copper-porphyry deposits in Khabarovsk region. The second party of the deal will be IG Copper LLC. The cost of the deal is estimated at $200 million. The deal is expected to be finalized in Q3. (Ukrainian metal)
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