Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has implemented a system for recording multi-turn actuators using modern marking technology in the form of radio frequency identification tags (RFID). Marking with RFID tags has replaced the process of applying information manually with paint and barcoding. The goal of implementing the new technology is to improve the quality…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has presented a project to modernize its steam boiler No. 1 and boiler system, which provides the by-product coke manufacture with steam. The boiler plant has two boilers with the capacity of 50 tons of steam per hour each. Purified coke gas is used as a fuel. The steam boiler No. 2…
DetailsMetinvest continuously modernizes its Mariupol Ilyich and Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. In particular, $82.6 million were invested in environmental projects in 2019. Mariupol Ilyich finished reconstructing its gas-purifying machine No. 3, while the modernization of the sintering factory is drawing to an end. At the same time, Azovstal has commissioned a dust-exhaust machine for…
DetailsIn January-November 2019 Russia exported 37.575 million tons of ferrous metals, down by 11.1% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, exports without pig iron, ferroalloys, scrap and wastes dropped by 10.4%, to 24.883 million tons. Sales of carbon steel semi-finished products fell by 6.8%, to 13.433 million tons, and flat rolled steel – by…
DetailsIn 2019 Zlatoust Electrometallurgical Works mastered the manufacture of over 30 new steel grades. Output and sales grew almost 2-fold, to 900 million rubles per month. Average monthly output of corrosion-resistant rolled metal is 2 thousand tons, with 90% purchased by ChTPZ. This year ZEMZ intends to increase output and sales 2-fold. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsSeverstal has begun an active phase of the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works 4-stand mill technical modernization. The current capacity of the mill does not allow it producing rolled metal wider than 1850 mm. The modernized mill will be able to produce rolled metal with the width of up to 2000 mm. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn 2019 Mikhailovsky Mining and Processing Works produced over 15 million tons of iron ore pellets. This is a record-high result in the company history. Such an output is mostly due to the construction and commission of the pelletizing machine No. 3 in September 2015. Its capacity is 5 million tons of pellets per year.…
DetailsIn December 2019 Dneprospetsstal produced 18888 tons of steel, up by 6.2% MoM. Rolled metal output grew by 3.5%, to 13216 tons. The overall cost of the products manufactured in December 2019 totaled 567402 thousand UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsA rockslide killed one miner at the Gaysky GOK mining and processing plant of Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC), but the mine continued operations, a spokesperson of the Emergency Ministry reported on January 16. “One man was killed by a rockslide at a depth of 1,045 meters in a ventilation shaft of the Gaysky…
DetailsOver 2019 ferroalloys production in Kazakhstan has increased by 6%. Last year 2.02 million tons of ferroalloys were produced, up by 6.3% YoY, including 34.3% or 693.9 thousand tons produced in Aktobe region, and 62.9% or 1.27 million tons – in Pavlodar region. KazChrome TNC is the main producer of ferroalloys in Kazakhstan. The company…
DetailsSvetliy has won an auction to develop the Zorinsky Brook alluvial site in Irkutsk region. The auction was held on December 26, 2019. Three companies participated in the trade – Ugakhan LLC and two Polyus enterprises – Lenzoloto and Svetliy. The final price reached 4.95 million rubles. C1 reserves of the site mount to 114…
DetailsThe Komsomolets mine of SUEK-Kuzbass has finished 2019 with an output record of 3052 thousand tons of coal. This is the best result in 86 years of operation. The previous record has been exceeded by 600 thousand tons. Another record was achieved in excavation works – 4 km of rock. Komsomolets is the oldest operating…
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