In 2017 Izhstal has increased sales of speed steel products by 47% YoY. The main consumers of this steel are local military and car manufacturers: Kalashnikov Concern, Kazan Helicopter Works, Sukhoy, Kamaz, UAZ, etc. The products are also exported to Belarus (MAZ and Belcard). Izhstal is the only Russian producer of cold-rolled belt of speed…
DetailsThe Uralelectromed subsidiary – The Manufacture of Non-Ferrous Metals Alloys – has started commissioning the main equipment of the new mini combined heat and power plant. The commissioning will be carried out in two stages, and the mini-CHPP is expected to be put in operation in late January 2018. Investments in the project totaled 187…
DetailsThe construction of new steelsmelting capacities by China in the Russian Far East is not only against the Global steel forum ideology, but also against the industry meetings decisions taken in 2016. “The idea of the Chinese metal makers to create capacities outside of China is the aim of their industry to decrease environment impact”,…
DetailsThe chairman of the Vnesheconombank Sergey Gorkov said that the strategy on the Industrial Union of Donbass corporation was developed last year. “Some time is needed to carry it out. The Fund of investment assets appeared as a part of this strategy implementation. Has this strategy not been implemented, that would have been a really…
DetailsIn October Russia exported 214.4 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 55% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, in January-October exports decreased by 15% YoY, to 3.59 million tons, while revenue grew by 29.4%, to $1.22 billion. USA remain the leader among importers, having purchased 65.7% of all pig iron, up by 15.4%.…
DetailsIt is proposed to change the procedure for issuing licenses to develop deposits in Kyrgyzstan, a member of the Board of the Association of Miners and Geologists of the Kyrgyz Republic, Honored Worker of Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kartabek Mukambetov, said at a press conference on December 27. According to him, to restore order…
DetailsIn October, according to the Customs Statistics, Russia exported 12.3 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant steel scrap and waste valued at around $12.5 million, up by 10.4% MoM and by 18.3% YoY. Moreover, this is the second highest result for the past several years (the largest was recorded in June 2011 – 16 thousand tons). Revenue…
DetailsIn 2017 Khiagda is expected to sell 693 tons of uranium, while in 2008 it sold just 60 tons. For the next year the company has the same goals: further decrease of the prime cost of the products and the manufacturing processes. At the same time it also has new challenges: improve efficiency, increase output…
DetailsAEM-Tekhnologii has produced for Severstal a cylinder to modernize the accumulator station of the water decaling unit at the 2000 rolling mill. In 2015 the company supplied 2 similar cylinders to Cherepovets. The volume of the cylinder is 9.25 cubic meters. It has successfully passed the tests. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn 2017 ferrous scrap procuring companies will amass 3.7 million tons of scrap, and 80% (2.96 million tons) will be in the shade. As the result the budget will get only 53.3 million UAH. “One of the main issues is the deshading of the scrap market”, Ukrmetallurgprom president Alexander Kalenkov believes. According to him, in…
DetailsUkraine has retained the zero quota on gold, silver, precious metals wastes and scrap exports for 2018. The corresponding norm is contained in the Cabinet of Ministers decree dated December 20 and published in the state newspaper Uryadovy Courier on December 23. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsThe state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that export prices of Ukrainian suppliers of iron ore raw materials in December will fall by over 10%. “The fall will be the result of the Chinese indexes dynamics with a certain time lag. On the local market prices could grow due to the favorable situation on the rolled metal…
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