PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has completed almost all capital repairs of aspiration systems and GCPs planned for 2018. Vladislav Bashinskiy, Director of Central Repair and Maintenance Department (CRMD), described the most large-scale repairs. – First of all, please, tell us how the plant determines, which environmental facilities require repair? – For this purpose a system…
DetailsArmenia, jointly with international companies, continues illegal development of gold deposits in the occupied Kalbajar district of Azerbaijan, the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Azergold CJSC Ogtay Mammadov announced. “We want the issue of illegal development of deposits in Kalbajar to find its solution on a legal basis within the framework of international norms.…
DetailsPJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has put into operation 450 new open wagons, which have been purchased in the frames of financial leasing contract. Earlier this year the plant has received 50 new wagons. Hence, this year the company has commissioned 500 wagons to transport its products and deliver raw materials. As a result, own fleet…
DetailsDTEK Holdings Limited announced its decision to squeeze-out shares of DTEK Pavlogradugol as having the dominating share of stake. DTEK companies own 99.92324858% of DTEK Pavlogradugol, or 5.58 billion shares. Minority shareholders have 4.28 million shares. DTEK Pavlogradugol is the largest coal-processing enterprise in Ukraine. Last year it set a record of coal output at…
DetailsIn August Russia transported 10.2 million tons of iron ore, up by 7.4% YoY. This has been the highest level in the past 15 years. Since the start of the year railroads have transported 77.3 million tons of ore, up by 5.4% YoY. Local transportation in August grew by 11%. Exports dropped by 15% YoY,…
DetailsThe Central Research Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy named after Bardin has developed a unique corrosion-resistant austenitic steel grade and the technique to produce 33-meter seamless pipes of it.
At present this technology has no analogues in the world.
Metal companies – Electrostal, Ruspolymet, Volzshky and Sinarsky Pipe Works – participated in the development. (Ukrainian metal)
The Belarus Iron and Steel Works has mastered the production of ten new grades of alloyed steel and carbon steel for the automobile engineering industry, the company’s Press Secretary Alexander Olesik declared. According to the source, BMZ’s engineering division always works to expand the choice of products for the automobile industry. “This year alone we’ve…
DetailsPrices of gold, silver and platinum fell, while the palladium price increased in Azerbaijan on September 28, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold decreased by 25.364 manats, to 2,012.0605 manats per ounce on September 28 compared to the price on September 27. The price of silver dropped by…
DetailsRussia is considering the possibility of supplying coal to Turkey and other countries through Azerbaijan, First Deputy Managing Director of Russian Railways JSC Alexander Misharin said. “Railroad transportation between Azerbaijan and Russia grew by 18% YoY, and exceeded 6 million tons,” Misharin said. Speaking about the International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Iran-Azerbaijan-Russia-Kazakhstan), he noted that interest…
DetailsPPGHO named after Slavsky has started constructing a foundation pit for the mine water treatment plant. By the end of the year contractors have to make foundations of the auxiliary buildings and structures. The contracts for the delivery of the main machinery (pumps, transformers, conditioners, etc.) have already been concluded. The facility is to be…
DetailsThe Komsomolets Mine was the first enterprise of SUEK to fulfill the annual plan of the preparation works. Since the start of the year the mine has prepared 8110 meters. Because of the good preparation work, the enterprise was able to commission a new long face in time. The long face No. 1846 has the…
DetailsIn January-August Ukrzaliznytsia increased transportation of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih cargo by 25% YoY. “Last year the AMKR throughput totaled 2.223 billion ton-km, but this year – 2.775 billion ton-km, up by 552 million ton-km”, Ukrzaliznytsia CFO Andrei Ryazantsev said. At the same time earlier AMKR CEO Paramjit Kahlon claimed that its throughput dropped by 25%…
DetailsIn July Russia exported 1.33 million tons of billets, down from 1.36 million tons in June. In June exports dropped by 1% MoM. At the same time July exports grew by 21% YoY (from 1.1 million tons). In January-July billet exports increased by 14.59% YoY, to 9.5 million tons. Taiwan imported 27.06% (0.36 million tons)…
Details18 coal-processing factories will be constructed in Kemerovo region in 5 years, which will increase coal-processing volumes by 66.5 million tons and provide local population with 3.5 thousand jobs. At present 54 processing factories are operating in the region, having processed 161.6 million tons of coal in 2017, or 67% of all output. Kemerovo region…
DetailsIn H1 Russia produced 63342 tons of rolled stainless steel, down by 3.9% YoY. Despite this, Krasniy Octyabr Volgograd Iron and Steel Works is still the leader, having produced 76.2% of all rolled stainless steel. The company increased output by 17.5% YoY, to 48266 tons. Stainless steel bars output in Russia dropped by 7.8%, to…
DetailsPrices of gold and silver fell, while the platinum and palladium prices increased on September 27, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold decreased by 6.0775 manats, to 2,037.4245 manats per ounce on September 27 compared to the price on September 26. The price of silver dropped by 0.0832…
DetailsManagement of Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC completely stopped work at Makmal mine on September 1. Almaz Alimbekov, Chairman of the Board of Kyrgyzaltyn, explained why this was done, what the situation at the mine was and what the future of the mine would be. – What is the current situation at the mine? What structures work and…
DetailsThe monument of Volodymyr the Great, the Baptist of Kievan Rus, was installed on the pedestal in Kriviy Rih. For this purpose, PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih provided its special equipment – Liebherr automobile crane, load-carrying capacity of which was 90 tons and the boom length was 52 meters. The new eight-meter monument is cast of…
DetailsMetinvest has been prolonged the rent of the Phenol State Works in the city of Toretsk, Donetsk region.
The previous agreement was concluded on September 25, 2001 and was valid through September 25, 2018.
The premises of the works are rented by Inkor and Co, LLC, a part of Metinvest. (Ukrainian metal)
To bring power to the mining and processing works at the largest copper deposits in Russia a high-voltage line will be constructed. According to the Baikal Mining Company, the Udokan deposits with the copper reserves of 27 million tons is the largest in Russia and one of the largest in the world. The annual capacity…
DetailsOn September 27 the first and second busbar systems of the Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Works power substation were shut down.
According to the Ministry of Energy, the works was cut off grid.
The emergency brigade repaired the substation systems. The works receives electricity.
The malfunction is being investigated. (Ukrainian metal)
Kirov Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works starts producing rolled copper to be used in roofing works. The company has a vast experience in producing copper belts for the construction industry. In early 2000s the works started supplying to the roofing cooper market belts with the size of 0.55×600 and 0.6×600 mm. In 2006 the company mastered…
DetailsThe Krasnobrodskiy coal pit of Kuzbassrazrezugol has commissioned the first WK-20 excavator in the Kemerovo region. The machine has been produced by the Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Works, a part of AVIC. “The company already has experience in operating such excavators. 5 WK-35 excavators with the ladle volume of 35 cubic meters (two each at the…
DetailsAlexei Yedapin, the chief specialist of NLMK, has analyzed the market of rolled sheet. In particular, in the segment of hot-rolled metal, under the pressure of the export situation, the prices grew considerably in H1. The imposition of protection measures by some countries, as well as the drop of the Turkish lira resulted in the…
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