Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works has finished capital repairs of two sections of its ore-processing factory No. 1. According to the company statement, in September the seventh, and in late October the eighth sections of the factory were commissioned. Investments in modernization totaled 400 million UAH. During the repair equipment at all the technological sites…
DetailsEnergy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk has said that coalmining companies will get UAH 1 billion in November-December for the purchase of new mining equipment. “For the first time in four years, the government of Vladimir Groysman has allocated UAH 1 billion for technical re-equipment. I think that in November-December, these funds will be…
DetailsIngulets Mining and Processing Works is suffering from the shortage of open cars. “In 9 days of November we received only 578 open cars out of 1464 we ordered from Ukzaliznytsia. Thus, the fulfillment of the orders is 39%. What a service!” the company CEO Alexander Gerasimchuk wrote on his Facebook page. Because of this…
DetailsEnergomashspetsstal has signed a contract to produce and deliver a large roll to Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. The supporting roll will be used in the 3600 plate hot-rolling mill. The weight of the roll will be 120 tons. This is the first time that Mariupol Ilyich orders such a large roll from EMSS.…
DetailsGold production in Russia’s northern Chukotka Autonomous District decreased by 12% YoY, to almost 22 tons and silver output fell by 20%, to 110.3 tons in January-October because of contraction of gold production at the Kupol, Dvoinoye, and Valunistoye fields, the regional government said in a statement on November 10. Placer gold output grew by…
DetailsA gold-bearing deposit with the reserves of some 100 tons has been found on the territory of Dagestan. The auction for the deposit will be held in 2018. The prospects of the Kurush ore node were confirmed in 2007-2010. In 2014 the Federal budget gave 150 million rubles for prospecting work in the Dagestani Mountains.…
DetailsThe rolling shop No. 1 of Zlatoustovsky Electrometallurgical Works has started producing 150×680 mm and 150×700 mm slabs of 12X18H10T steel. The metal will be supplied to the Volgograd Iron and Steel Works “Krasniy Oktyabr”. “Such wide slabs have been produced at the ZEMZ 1150-mill for the first time”, the company noted. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsSince its commissioning in 2010 Severstal-Gonvarri-Kaluga, the Severstal JV with Gonvarri Steel Services (Italy), processed 500 thousand tons of metal. Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works metal accounted for 50% of the total volume. The company warehousing capacity is 30 thousand tons. This year the company has successfully passed the ISO 14001-2005, OHSAS 18001-2007 and ISO…
DetailsIn July-September Polyus gold output increased by 16% YoY, to 642 thousand ounces. Ore output went up by 45%, to 10 million tons. Ore processing grew by 12%, to 7.3 million tons. Sales increased by 10% YoY, to 578 thousand ounces. EBITDA went up by 7%, to $475 million (28.16 billion rubles). Profits decreased to…
DetailsRussian Copper Company and the authorities of Aktyubinsk region have signed a memorandum of investment cooperation development, in particular copper-zinc ores prospecting and RMK enterprises capacity increasing. RMK has been present in Kazakhstan since 2004 and has already invested $868 million in the republic, At present the local division of RMK employs some 1.7 thousand…
DetailsThe Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works aviation galvanized ropes have received a diploma of the 100 best products of Russia competition. BMK started producing steel galvanized ropes with the diameter of 4 mm last year at the order of the Russian Helicopters Holding. In 2016 this new product received the golden medal of the MetalExpo.…
DetailsSeverstal has expanded the possibilities of its Internet store – now customers can participate in auctions to buy metal. Auctions are held some 3-4 times a week, according to schedule. On average around 10 thousand tons of metal is sold through such auctions. Deliveries are performed from Severstal Distribution warehouses and from Cherepovets Iron and…
DetailsOn November 8 Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works Board of Directors recommended that the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders scheduled for December 8 approve a dividend of RUB 1.111 (before taxes) per share, representing a total of approximately $214 million at the current exchange rate, for the first nine months of 2017 on MMK’s issued…
DetailsArcelorMittal Temirtau is finishing the first stage of MES (Manufacturing Execution System) project implementation valued at over $6 million. The project is being implemented in the continuous-cast department, bars shop and sheet-rolling shop No. 1. The second stage is planned for 2018-2019. The system will be implemented in sheet-rolling shops Nos. 2 and 3, hot-galvanizing,…
DetailsRevda Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works has supplied 25 tons of LAMsh77-2-0.05 pipe for an oil-processing plant. Soon another two batches of pipes will be supplied. In January-September Revda Works produced 451 tons of LAMsh77-2-0.05 pipe, up 7.5-fold YoY. According to the company, the growth has to do with the favorable market situation and marketing strategy.…
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