The state enterprise Electrotyazhmash works has concluded 2 agreements with the Ukrainian International Group Ltd for the delivery of copper valued at 62.19 million UAH. By the end of 2018 the company will have supplied some 220 tons of splints and wire, as well as 1250 kg of wire at the average price of 1949…
DetailsSeverniy Mining and Processing Woks has put into operation two Atlas Copco diesel and electric drilling mills at the Pervomaysky quarry. The mills cost 63.4 million UAH. The new machines will allow the company to gradually increase output and improve both product quality and working conditions. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsThe Ministry of economy and trade is pondering the imposition of a 30% protective duty on rolled metal imported from Russia. “Metal companies ask the ministry for a duty. I hope it does not cover alloyed metals for machine-building”, people’s deputy, chairman of the Kharkiv region employers association Anatoly Girshfeld said. In February Ukraine started…
DetailsOn October 12 there was an accident at the by-product coke manufacture of ArcelorMittal Temirtau. A group of employees was working with the pipeline containing mixed gas. Following the explosion and ignition 6 people were injured: 4 employees of the gas shop, 1 employee of the coke shop and 1 employee of the gas service.…
DetailsIn January-September Zabaikalye region mined 14.732 million tons of coal, down by 3.63% YoY. This year 12 companies mine for coal in the region. The main output is provided by Razrez Tugnuysky, Razrez Urtuysky, Razrez Kharanorsky, as well as Chitaugol LLC, etc. In September 2.007 million tons of coal were mined in the region. (Ukrainian…
DetailsIn January-September Chukotka Autonomous District obtained 19.88 tons of gold, including 17.59 tons of ore gold and 2.28 tons of alluvial, down by 11.5% YoY. Silver output dropped by 21%, to 99.28 tons. The decrease in output has to do with the drop in Kinross Gold operations. In particular, the Chukotka Mining and Prospecting Company…
DetailsChelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has finished the capital repairs of the sintering machine used to produce raw materials for pig iron manufacture. The machine now has an electronic filter, gas-purifying and exhaust systems. Investments totaled 15 million rubles. There are 4 sintering machines in the ChMK sinter manufacture. Combined they produce over 5 million…
DetailsCherepovets Iron and Steel Works, one of the world’s largest integrated steel plants (a part of Severstal’s Russian Steel division), has launched the commercial operation of a digital predictive model to prevent failures at the hot rolling mill 2000 and thereby reduce its downtime. This model calculates the probability and risk of the pinion stand…
DetailsThe Evraz Sukhaya Balka shareholders meeting scheduled for October 11 did not take place. According to the company statement, the meeting was postponed till November. This meeting had to rename the company and make amendments to its charter documents. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsRosterminalugol JSC, the largest dedicated coal port in the Baltic region, a part of Russia’s largest coal port holding Port Management Company LLC, says it has exported 19 million tons of coal this year. The milestone ton was loaded on October 12 onto the Post-Panamax bulk carrier, Spring Wealth, the 266th vessel handled from the…
DetailsIn January-September the Lugansk Region State Fiscal Service transferred 651.6 million UAH to the state budget, with special fund receiving 451.5 thousand UAH. The largest imports were registered in anthracite coal (203.3 million UAH, 31.4% of the total imports) and coking coal (195.6 million UAH, 30.2%). Among metal companies Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works demonstrated…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih is continuing the relocation of people form the zone of the possible move of the surface in the Saksagansky district of the Kriviy Rih city and is prepared to purchase every house on the Lavrenin and Chistopolskaya Streets (the so called Zhukovka settlement) at 425 thousand UAH provided the purchase agreement is…
DetailsAzovstal Iron and Steel Works has started the pulverized coal injection process at its blast furnace No. 2. “PCI at BF No. 4 was started according to schedule in November 2016. Construction works at BF No. 2 began in December 2016, and now the PCI process has started”, the company said. The next furnace to…
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