Karelsky Okatysh is finishing the modernization of the third stage of the wet magnetic separation. The investment program has been carried out during the year. So far the company has installed 18 separators – two at each of 9 sections. Moreover, two additional machines have been assigned to the first stage of the separation. “All…
DetailsThe government of Belarus is prepared to help Belarus Iron and Steel Works financially. According to the First Vice Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko, the authorities could restructure the company debts of some $70 million. “World prices for BMZ products have dropped 2-fold in 3 years, while they counted on the old prices in their business…
DetailsThe manufacturing plans on the tender to supply pipes for the surface site of Nord Stream 2 have to be completed, Fund of the pipe industry development reported. “We’re negotiating a new approach to the price formation, and the decision has to be taken soon not to break the continuous manufacturing process”, the fund said.…
DetailsSvet Shakhtera has put in operation a new annealing arc furnace. With the help of the new furnace the company has increased castings output of the shop to 184 tons per month. Investments in the project totaled 2 million UAH. Moreover, the new lining of the furnace needs to be repaired only once each 10…
DetailsEnergomashspetsstal will produce equipment for Lasco Umformtechnik GmbH, which produces hammers and presses. According to the agreement, EMSS will produce and supply two large hammer frames with the total weight of 122 tons. The castings will be a part of press-forging machinery and will be delivered to the customer in May and June 2018. The…
DetailsLermontovsky GOK has shipped 49 tons of tungsten concentrate since the start of its operation in early November. Concentrate was shipped in two batches of 24.5 tons each. According to the company director Yuri Danilov, it has received a subsidy of 250 million rubles to buy new equipment and materials. The company operation halted in…
DetailsThe enterprises operating at the alluvial deposits of Neryungri district have so far obtained 811 kg of alluvial gold, up by 8.3% from the plan. At the same time last year the yield was 1113 kg and in 2015 – 1397 kg of gold. The annual decrease of output has to do with the thinning…
DetailsIn Q3 Novinsky Metal Structures Works produced 4130 tons of welded trusses and columns. The trusses have been manufactured for the Moscow region construction companies. The company used metal of various grades depending on the order and the usage of trusses. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn 2017 Beloretsk Iron and Steel Works has started manufacturing 20 new metal wares: wire, ropes and belt types for various industries. Trial batches have been shipped to customers. In particular BMK has produced a 3.2 mm galvanized wire for a cable company, as well as 6- and 8-strand ropes according to API 9A for…
DetailsCherepovets Iron and Steel Works has finished the repair of a unit of air heaters (cowper stoves) of the blast furnace No. 5 (“Severyanka”). Under the investment program CherMK has repaired 4 cowper stoves. Investments exceeded 2.3 billion rubles. The constructors have assembled over 4.5 thousand tons of metal structures and laid more than 18…
DetailsGazprom believes the price of large diameter pipes for the surface part of Nord Stream 2 is too high. The pipes suppliers have already received the corresponding letters. The order was issued on April 19, 2016. Gazprom intended to by 501.6 thousand tons of large diameter pipes. The total cost of the contract is 56.8…
DetailsNLMK Group, an international steel company with operations in Russia, the USA and the European Union, has begun construction and assembly works at energy infrastructure and gas treatment units at steelmaking shop (BOF Shop) No. 2 (its current capacity is 8.5 million tons per year) as a part of a large-scale upgrade of blast furnace…
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