The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has approved of the creation of the Interpipe and Vallourec (France) joint venture. The committee has also granted Vallourec a right to acquire some assets of Interpipe Limited to allow it selling and promoting seamless pipes in EU. In November 2017 the Antimonopoly Service of Germany allowed Interpipe to create…
DetailsIn January Belarus Iron and Steel Works decreased imports of ferrous metal scrap from Russia by 26.6% MoM and by 0.3% YoY, to 80.4 thousand tons. In 2017 BMZ increased scrap imports from Russia by 11.2% YoY, to 1.358 million tons, having almost repeated the results of the year 2015. Last year the company increased…
DetailsAlmost 100,000 people have used the service center in 2.5 years since its creation. Social service provided by PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih is used by both current employees and the retired workers. The principle of a “single window” enables shortening formal procedures and makes certificates and documents flow automated. Annually, more than 20 thousand of…
DetailsMilitants decided to supply coal, mined on the territory of the so-called Lugansk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created and supported by Russia, to Turkey. “According to the representatives of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhasia, who visited Lugansk on January 29, businesses from Abkhasia and Turkey concluded agreements on the delivery of coal mined in…
DetailsIn 2017 Russky Ugol increased sales of coal from the Stepnoy pit in Khakasia by 8% YoY. The company delivered 3.2 million tons of coal to local companies and abroad. Russky Ugol was created in 2002. Its manufacturing assets are situated in Amur region, Republic of Khakasia and Krasnoyarsk region. The company comprises 6 coal…
DetailsThe United Aircraft Corporation and the special economic zone Titanium Vale have concluded an agreement to create a shop to machine-process titanium alloy wares. The shop will increase titanium manufacture in the city of Verkhnyaya Salda. Thus, Russian aircraft constructors will be able to decrease prime cost. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsThe railroad shop of Gaysky Mining and Processing Works has received a new locomotive produced by Shadrinsk Assembly Works. “The modernization program allows us to improve operation of the locomotive, as well as decrease fuel usage and pollution”, the company railroad shop director Alexander Makogon reported. In particular, savings in fuel reach 20%. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsStevedore company Terminal Astafiev located in Russia’s Far East, has cut its coal handling by 95,500 tons, or by about 50%, to reduce handling of dust-forming cargoes and to improve environment in the city of Nakhodka, the Primorsky region’s government said in a statement on February 9. The region’s acting governor Andrei Tarasenko and the…
DetailsTo fulfill the order of a major space industry company Zlatoust Electrometallurgical Works decided to start developing a new alloy. The first stage was the smelting of a trial batch of the HN43BMTU-VD alloy in the open induction furnace. After all the tests the company was able to manufacture iron-nickel based heat-resistant alloy in the…
DetailsIn January DTEK Energo supplied 1.4 million tons of gas-generating coal to its thermal power plants, up by 10.4% YoY. According to the company press service, anthracite deliveries decreased 3.3-fold YoY, to 207 thousand tons. At the same time, the current need in anthracite dropped because of the switching to gas coal. As of today,…
DetailsIn January Ukraine increased coal imports 1.8-fold, or by 1 million tons YoY, to 2.25 million tons. According to the State Fiscal Service, the value of the coal imported was $281.16 million, up by 64.5% YoY ($170.897 million). In particular, Russia supplied $170.579 million worth of coal (60.67%), USA – $91.017 million (32.37%), Canada –…
DetailsIn 2017 Interpipe increased sales by 35% YoY, to 767 thousand tons. According to the company statement, this is the best result in 3 years. In particular, pipe deliveries to the Ukrainian market grew by 29%, to 148 thousand tons, mostly because of the gas output increase. Combined sales in the Americas totaled 90 thousand…
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