In 2017 Metalloinvest increased sales of high quality rolled metal for bridge construction by 24% YoY, to 230 thousand tons (186 thousand tons in 2016). Last year a number of major infrastructure objects constructed of the UralStal steel were commissioned, such as the bridge over the Volga River in Nizhniy Novgorod and over the Tura…
DetailsIn January Ukrainian metal companies decreased natural gas consumption by 5% YoY, to 190 million cubic meters. In December 2017 the volume of consumed gas was the same, while in November 2017 – much lower – 165 million cubic meters. Electricity consumption in January reached 1.1 billion kW-h, down by 8.3% YoY, but up by…
DetailsIn January Ukraine procured 279 thousand tons of scrap, up by 16% YoY, but down by 22% MoM. Of this volume domestic metal companies received 245 thousand tons, down by 20% MoM, but up by 7% YoY. Exports decreased by 35% MoM, but grew 3.4-fold YoY, to 34 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January Ukraine produced 950 thousand tons of bulk coke, down by 6% YoY. Supplies of coke to domestic metal companies grew by 6% YoY and by 0.5% MoM. The share of imported coals was on the level of 74% – 850 thousand tons out of 1.15 million tons, and of coke – 9% (85…
DetailsIn January Ukraine produced 5.39 million tons of iron ore concentrate, up by 7% YoY. Pellets output went up by 3%, to 1.94 million tons, and sinter – by 5%, to 2.84 million tons. Supplies of iron ore raw materials to metal companies in January were up by 7% MoM, but down by 2% YoY…
DetailsIn 2017 Russia exported 0.1363 million tons of raw nickel, down by 26.6% YoY. Almost all the volume was sold to the far foreign countries (0.136 million tons). According to the Federal Customs Service, raw aluminum exports dropped from 3.481 million tons in 2016 to 3.208 million tons in 2017. Far foreign countries accounted for…
DetailsRussian gold producer Polyus does not expect any other strategic investor to buy a stake in the company after cancellation of a 10% stake sale to China’s Fosun, CEO Pavel Grachyov said on February 15 in a conference call. Polyus was not part of the deal. “Nevertheless, we don’t see any initiatives to look for…
DetailsUkrmetallurgprom believes Ukraine will produce 1.9 million tons of steel in March. According to the enterprise forecast, pig iron output will total 1.9 million tons and rolled metal – 1.6 million tons. As of February 13, 19 out of 21 blast furnaces (90%), 8 out of 9 open-hearth furnaces (89%), 14 out of 16 converters…
DetailsSelidovugol miners have blocked the road leading to Kurakhovo, Maryinka and Krasnogorovka in Donetsk region. According to Mikhail Volynets, the chairman of the Independent Miners Union of Ukraine, they demanded the payment of salary and clearing of debts. “The strike began near the administrative building of the state enterprise Selidovugol. Having received no reply, the…
DetailsSince the beginning of 2018 Irkutsk region obtained 1044.2 kg of gold. All the metal was mined. In particular, Polyus Verninskoye mined 560.7 kg of gold. Vysochaishiy obtained 323 kg of gold. Ugakhan, Vysochaishiy’s subsidiary, produced 114 kg of gold, while Druza LLC in January yielded 46.5 kg of gold. This year all the companies…
DetailsKamensk-Uralsky Iron and Steel Works has purchased stakes in Aluminium Silicon Mill Products GmbH (Switzerland) and Aluminium Silicon Mill Products HK Ltd. (Hong Kong) under the development strategy. KUMZ and ASMP have been cooperating for a long time. ASMP is the works’ key trade and marketing representative. Having acquired stakes in ASMP, KUMZ can now…
DetailsIn 2017 hot-rolled metal consumption in Russia totaled 8.96 million tons. NLMK share was 17.5%. According to the group regional sales director Vladislav Ovchinnikov, in cold-rolled sheet NLMK share was 35.8% out of 3.26 million tons consumed, galvanized metal – 20.8% (3.04 million tons), and polymer-coated metal – 20.9% (1.88 million tons). On the bars…
DetailsIn 2017 NLMK-Metiz increased wire production by 18% YoY, to 274 thousand tons. Nails output grew by 6%, to 30.6 thousand tons, and self-tappers – to 5.8 thousand tons. “Output growth is mostly the result of our products competitiveness increase on world markets”, the company said. NLMK-Metiz is among 5 largest manufacturers of metal wares…
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