The Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) is taking part in the 3rd International Specialized Exhibition Steel Structures 2018, which kicked off in Moscow on May 30. MMK is presenting its high-tensile wear-resistant steel produced under the MAGSTRONG brand. MAGSTRONG steel is selected for use in producing steel structures due to its high resistance to…
DetailsThe price of gold increased in Azerbaijan on May 30, while the price of other precious metals decreased, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The cost of gold increased by 1.3175 manats, to 2,207.9005 manats per troy ounce, compared to the price on May 29. The cost of silver decreased by 0.1675…
DetailsOn May 22 VSMPO-Avisma held an annual shareholders meeting. A part of the undistributed profit for 2017 in the amount of 10.34 billion rubles was spent to pay dividends (890.45 rubles per ordinary share). The board of directors was also paid 76 million rubles of the work in 2017. Revision commission members received 2.45 million…
DetailsThis year Polymetal will continue prospecting works at the Primorskoye deposits in Magadan region. The main personnel will arrive at the site in early July. The deposits are located in a hard-to-reach area, and the road there takes some 2 days. 60 people will be working at the site. The reserves of the Primorskoye deposits…
DetailsThe board of directors of Chelyabinsk Zinc Works has recommended the shareholders meeting not to pay dividends for 2017. All the net profit of the company in the amount of 5.37 billion rubles has been suggested to be left undistributed. According to the company statement, the meeting will take place on June 30. In 2016…
DetailsZlatoustovsky Electrometallurgical Works has confirmed its reputation of competitive supplier of high quality steels and alloys both to domestic and foreign markets. In May the company concluded an agreement with a well-known manufacturer from Hungary. The trial batch of metal already produced will be shipped in June. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsYanolovo is negotiating the financing of the Tirekhtyakh Brook alluvial tin deposits development with a Chinese company. The start of the development is planned for 2019. B+C1 balance reserves of the deposit amount to 68.4 thousand tons of tin, enough for 26 years of development. The size of the deposits is 15.61 square kilometers. The…
DetailsUral Aluminum Works has produced the 50-millioth ton of alumina. Of this amount some 25 million tons of aluminum were produced, enough to construct 60 million bodies of Range Rover or 225 million engines for Lada Vesta. The UAZ alumina shop was commissioned in August 1939. “Following the large-scale modernization of 2015-2017, the works can…
DetailsThe terrorist organizations of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, created and supported by Russia, intend to start producing large diameter pipes within the cooperation program of Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works and Khartsyzsk Pipe Works. Both companies are controlled by Vneshtorgservice of the fugitive oligarch Sergey Kurchenko. The electricity line will be repaired soon,…
DetailsA bus, transporting employees of the Ingulskaya mine of the state enterprise Vostochniy Mining and Processing Works got into a road accident in Kirovograd region. According to the Independent Miners’ Union of Ukraine chairman Mikhail Volynets, some miners were injured. “The bus was driving to the mine when it hit and overturned the truck refrigerator…
DetailsIn 2017 Metinvest occupied the 42nd place in the world largest steel manufacturers list, having produced 9.59 million tons. In 2016 the group occupied the 37th place with 10.34 million tons, while in 2015 – the 40th with 9.65 million tons and the 33rd in 2014 (11.18 million tons). The largest steel manufacturer last year…
DetailsOn May 23 a new long face No. 132 at the Stepnaya mine of the state enterprise Lvivugol was put into operation. The reserves of the low-ash coal reach 163.9 thousand tons, the length of the face is 150 meters with the possibility to increase to 220 m. The miners will be developing the face…
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