In 2019 Bratsk Ferroalloys Works sold 30 thousand tons of ferrosilicon FS75, up by 57% YoY. The ferroalloy was mostly supplied to customers from the Asian-Pacific Region, where it was used to produce high-strength steel. “The sales growth is due to a large demand on the market,” the company noted. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn 2019 Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works increased rails and beams sales by 10% YoY, to 587 thousand tons. Rails, mostly with the length of 100 meters, accounted for 280 thousand tons, up by 35 thousand tons. RZD was the main customer, having purchased enough rails to construct over 2 thousand km of railroad. ChMK…
DetailsIn November 2019 the exports of nickel long rolled products totaled 16.4 tons, down by 60% MoM and by 50% YoY. Deliveries to Latvia decreased by 52%, to 4.7 tons, and to Ukraine from 9.7 tons to 8.6 tons. In October 2019 India imported 12.5 tons of nickel, but did not buy it in November…
DetailsIn 2019 Russky Ugol supplied 1.1 million tons of coal from Krasnoyarsk region to Russian and foreign customers, up by 10% YoY. This coal is extracted at the Sayano-Partizansky Pit with the reserves of 1.5 billion tons. The pit was commissioned in 1991. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January RZD transported 100.2 million tons of cargo, down by 4.9% YoY. In particular, 10.1 million tons of iron and manganese ore were transported, up by 2%. Transportation of ferrous metals decreased by 2.2%, to 6.4 million tons, while of scrap grew by 12.6%, to 0.663 million tons. Last year ferrous metals transportation totaled…
DetailsMagnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) shipped 1.286 million tons of galvanized steel in 2019, the highest figure in the company’s history. 2019 was the second year in a row that MMK broke its own record. In 2018, the company shipped 1.269 million tons of galvanized steel, which at the time was also a record…
DetailsRussian aluminum producer RUSAL has suspended the works in Guyana due to unrest in the country. “As a result of serious illegitimate actions that have gone beyond the control of government and enforcement agencies, including arson of the electricity pylon basement and other corporate property, and blocking of the river, RUSAL considers it prudent to…
DetailsZhambyl region governor Askar Myrzakhmetov has met with Aurum Deutschland AG representatives. The company is constructing a large mining and processing works in the region. The idea goes back to 2012, when the then-president Nursultan Nazarbayev invited German investors to develop projects in Kazakhstan. In 2016 an agreement was signed with Aurum Deutschland AG. The…
DetailsIn November 2019 Russia exported 1.8 thousand tons of raw chrome, up by 2% MoM and by 17% YoY. Deliveries to US grew from 348 tons to 504 tons, while to the Netherlands dropped by 2%, to 1.2 thousand tons. In 11 months of 2019 exports totaled 17.6 thousand tons, up by 1% YoY. In…
DetailsUralelectromed has started assembling the roof of the copper electrolysis shop third stage main premises. So far 34 plates out of 488 have been assembled. At the same time, metal constructions are also erected. The zero cycle concrete work of foundation has been 95% completed. All the zero cycle works will be finished in summer.…
DetailsIn order to safely transport employees Evraz KGOK has purchased 11 units of new machines. Investments totaled some 30 million rubles. To transport repairmen in quarries the company has bought 5 GAZon Next cargo vehicles, 4 Ural buses and two PAZ buses. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsThe stake of multi-industry holding En+ Group in the Russian aluminum giant UC RUSAL has grown to 56.88% following the closure of an asset swap with Swiss trader Glencore, En+ Group said in a statement on February 3. “The company announces conclusion of the second stage of the agreement on a swap of securities with…
DetailsAt the public hearings, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih presented EIA report of the project for construction of Tretya Karta tailing pond – water-engineering structure designed to dispose of mill tailings. The new facility of mining and beneficiation complex is planned to be constructed in the territory of Shyrokovskiy district – on land plots, which are in…
DetailsIn 2019 Ukraine produced 1.002 million tons of pipes, down by 9.1% YoY, with 64 thousand tons produced in December 2019. Ukrtruboprom enterprises decreased output by 10.2%, to 715.1 thousand tons (41.1 thousand tons in December 2019). In particular, Interpipe-NTZ produced 218 thousand tons (13.7 thousand tons), down by 21.8%, Interpipe NMTZ – 103.3 thousand…
DetailsIn 2019 Izhstal increased sales of high added value products. In particular, sales of stainless steel products grew by 8%, and stainless steel with nickel – by 7%. Sales of cold-rolled strips increased by 4%. Izhstal also sold 42% more steel with special treatment. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn November 2019 Russia exported 1.6 thousand tons of aluminum foil, down by 26% Mom, but up by 124% YoY. Deliveries to US dropped from 1.5 thousand tons to 1.1 thousand tons, to Belarus – by 17%, to 276 tons, and to Kazakhstan – by 42%, to 70 tons. At the same time Ukraine increased…
DetailsThe Arbitrary Court of Moscow has declared ineffective the decree of the Federal Agency on Subsoil Use on the revocation of license to prospect and mine gold ore at the Zegengolskoye deposit in the Republic of Buryatia issued to the Mining Company Olimp LLC. The 9th Arbitrary Court of Appeals declared the decree ineffective in…
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