Far East Development Corporation and Amur Hydrometallurgical Works LLC have signed an agreement to process gold at the Komsomolsk territory of rapid development. The company intends to create the first in Russia hydrometallurgical complex to process refractory (rebellious) and twice-refractory gold and silver-containing concentrates, using the technique of the pressure oxidation. The project is estimated…
DetailsEvraz ZSMK has put into operation a machine to thicken slums from blast furnace gas-purifying equipment. With the new machinery the intake of water from the Tom River and the wastewater discharge will decrease by 3 million cubic meters. “In the past 6 years, the discharge of waste water has dropped by 15 million cubic…
DetailsZagorsky Pipe Works has supplied pipes in PPU insulation to T Plus. The delivery included almost 4 thousand meters of pipes according to GOST 30732. Insulation was applied to pipes with the diameter of 630-1220 mm. “T Plus is our key partner on the market of pipes with PPU insulation. We can produce such pipes…
DetailsSeverstal has concluded an agreement with Ural Works of Heavy Machinery to supply a foundry crane with the lifting capacity of 520 tons to the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. The machine will be used in steel manufacture to lift and transport steel ladles. Investments in the project total 600 million rubles. This is the…
DetailsE.Connect assets, one of the co-owners of which is the Ukrainian ex-official Vladimir Zinevich, has purchased 2 mines in Gukovo (Rostov region, Russia) – Zamchalovskaya and Rostovskaya. The reserves of the Zamchalovskaya mine are 27.45 million tons of anthracite. The capacity of the mine is 1 million tons per year. The reserves of the Rostovskaya…
DetailsKemerovo region authorities and the Polysayevskaya Coal Company LLC have signed a cooperation agreement. This year the company plans to mine 6.8 million tons of coal in the region. On the construction of infrastructure and other industrial objects the company will spend 3.27 billion rubles. Some 682 million rubles will be channeled into the improvement…
DetailsGazprom chairman Alexei Miller and Chelyabinsk Pipe Works chairman Andrei Komarov discussed cooperation. In particular, they spoke of the large diameter pipe supplies. They also discussed development of pipes for sea deposits and new types of joints. The companies have a program of cooperation in 2015-2020. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn May Kazakhstan produced 0.407 million tons of steel, up by 5.9% YoY and by 12.7% MoM. In January-May steel manufacture grew by 3.9%, to 1.935 million tons. Ferroalloys output totaled 0.181 million tons, up by 4.1% YoY and by 7.6% MoM, with 0.842 million tons produced in 5 months, up by 2.7%. Copper manufacture…
DetailsSredneuralsky 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…
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