In January-August Russia produced 41.3 million tons of rolled metal, up by 2.8% YoY. In August output dropped by 3.6% MoM and by 1.6% YoY. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, pig iron manufacture grew by 0.8%, to 34.8 million tons, with August output down by 1.3% YoY and by 3.9% MoM. Pipe…
DetailsIn January-August copper output in Kazakhstan grew by 0.2% YoY, to 0.28 million tons, with 0.042 million tons produced in August, up by 9% MoM. According to the statistics committee, zinc manufacture grew by 0.8%, to 0.22 million tons. In August output decreased by 1.4% and by 3.7% YoY. The largest non-ferrous metals manufacturers in…
DetailsTeams of Zaporizhstal, Azovstal, Yunikas-ТК, LTD (Kriviy Rih) and two teams of PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih – Transport Department of Steel Plant and railway transport Department of Mining Department – took part in the sixth professional skill competition among the railway personnel. Andrey Kindrat, director of the transport department, PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih: “Mining and…
DetailsRussian gold bar production rose by 0.4% YoY and by 9.5% MoM in August, the Federal State Statistics Service said on September 17.
In January-August gold bar production decreased by 0.4% YoY.
No absolute figures were disclosed. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
Western Donbas has mined 607 thousand tons of coal, thus already fulfilling the annual plan. DTEK Dneprovskoye Mine Group No. 3 has invested 76 million UAH in machinery. 609 million UAH more will be spent this year. In 2018 all the 5 manufacturing sites of the Mine Group have extracted 2.2 million tons of coal.…
DetailsAccording to the statistics committee of the Ministry of National Economy, in August Kazakhstan produced 0.374 million tons of steel, down by 5.2%, but up from 0.367 million tons in July. Steel output in January-August dropped by 0.5% YoY, to 3.061 million tons. Flat rolled metal manufacture in 8 months grew by 7.1%, to 2.017…
DetailsThe new shareholders of Donetskstal have replaced the supervisory board, made amendments to the statutory documents and liquidated the revision commission. The decisions were taken at the meeting on September 11. In particular, board chairman Dmitriy Khristodulidi, as well as board members Mikhail Ilyashev and Natalia Lobacheva have been removed from the board. Instead Ruslan…
DetailsBosch has named Severstal-Metiz the best supplier in Russia for its division of Automotive Aftermarket. Severstal-Metiz supplies calibrated steel for one of Bosch enterprises in Russia. The companies have been cooperating for over 7 years. “At present Severstal-Metiz rolled metal quality equals that of European analogues. Thus, our share in the client order structure is…
DetailsIn August Russia exported 129 thousand tons of ferrous scrap to Belarus.
According to the railroad statistics, this is up by 20.2% YoY.
In January-August scrap exports totaled 885.2 thousand tons, up by 17.8% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
Since the start of the year Kemerovo region has yielded 121.2 million tons of power-generating coal and 46.7 million tons of coking coal, up by 5.3% YoY. Coal pits have yielded 108 million tons, and mines – 59.9 million tons. In August the region mined 22.2 million tons of coal (20.3 million tons in August…
DetailsIn August Khabarovsk region yielded 3.3 tons of gold and 6.9 tons of silver. In 8 months gold output totaled 16.4 tons, with 13.1 tons being ore gold. Silver output reached 37.7 tons. Gold manufacture grew by 9% YoY, while silver dropped by 6%. By the end of the year the region intends to have…
DetailsSeverstal, one the world’s largest vertically integrated steel and mining companies, announces the results of voting following an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders held on September 14. Severstal’s shareholders approved the payment of a dividend of 45.94 rubles per share for the three months ended June 30. The record date for this dividend payment is…
DetailsIn January-June Metinvest B.V. increased investments 2.2-fold YoY, to $420 million. Metal segment accounted for 64% of investments (37% in H1 2017), mining – 35% (61%) and corporate expenses – 1% (2%). In particular, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works received $122 million ($35 million), Azovstal – $76 million ($20 million), SevGOK – $51 million…
DetailsNext year the government intends to provide 659.7 million UAH to shut down and maintain closed coalmines and coal-processing enterprises.
According to the budget draft, the funds will be spent to prepare 3 coalmining enterprises for liquidation.
There are also 16 projects to shut down enterprises and maintain 2 water-pumping complexes. (Ukrainian metal)
Markland LLC has received 9 orders from state mine groups on the delivery of goods and provision of repair services valued at 75.16 million UAH. Mirnogradugol has placed an order valued at 50.86 million UAH, Selidovugol – 21.43 million UAH and the Mine named after Surgay – 2.88 million UAH. In particular, the largest order…
DetailsIn August Ukrainian metal companies received 742 thousand tons of coke, down by 8% MoM. Coke imports reached 12 thousand tons, while in the previous 3 months no coke was imported. In January-August metal companies received 6.37 million tons of coke, up by 7% YoY, including 6.1 million tons of domestic coke (up by 13%)…
DetailsIn January-August by-product coke plants imported 7.66 million tons of coking coal and coal concentrate, up by 16% YoY. In August 0.87 million tons were imported, down by 21% MoM. Local coal deliveries reached 1.75 million tons, down by 22% YoY, in August 140 thousand tons were delivered, down by 8% MoM. In 8 months…
DetailsNLMK Group, an international steel company, announces the appointment of Maxim Tevs as General Director of NLMK Engineering, one of the leading design companies in the Russian steel sector. In his new role, Tevs will focus on boosting the efficiency and quality of engineering activities, promoting the use of advanced design technologies, including Building Information…
DetailsDeputy Minister for the temporarily occupied territories, Yuriy Hrymchak, spoke about what happened in northern Crimea’s Armyansk at “Crimean Titanium” plant, as well as about other more potentially dangerous enterprises located in the occupied peninsula and parts of Donbas. – What happened at Crimean Titanium in the occupied Crimea’s Armyansk, where a hazardous release of…
DetailsThe price of one ounce of gold increased by 20.604 manats, or by 1.0158% last week in Azerbaijan. Accordingly, the average price of one ounce of gold stood at 2036.7411 manats. The price of one ounce of silver increased by 0.2325 manats, or by 0.97%, to 24.08256 manats. The price of one ounce of platinum…
DetailsThe prices of precious metals decreased in Azerbaijan on September 17, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold dropped by 17.5015 manats, to 2,031.4065 manats per ounce on September 17 compared to the price on September 14. The price of silver fell by 0.27 manats, to 23.9462 manats per…
DetailsIn August Vyksa Iron and Steel Works shipped 146.2 thousand tons of metal via railroad, down by 21.3% YoY.
In 8 months sales reached 1.51 million tons, up by 15.1% YoY.
Russian customers received 1.18 million tons, up by 15.2%, while exports grew by 14.5%, to 333.7 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In August Amurstal shipped 63.1 thousand tons of steel via railroad, up 2.6-fold YoY. Moreover, this year sales have been growing each month, resulting in August seeing the highest sales since April 2015. In January-August the company sold 351.4 thousand tons of metal, up 6.4-fold YoY. The annual result of the previous year has been…
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