Amurmetall, the only steel producer in Russia’s Far East, plans to reach production capacity of 1 million tons per year soon, the Khabarovsk region’s Head Vyacheslav Shport said. In February 2015, Amurmetall plant was undergoing bankruptcy, and put to auction at a price of 9.07 billion rubles. The auction failed due to the lack of…
In February Amurmetal, the only ferrous metallurgy enterprise on the Russian Far East, received 4.6 thousand tons of scrap via railroad, up 4 times MoM, but down almost 8-fold YoY. According to the railroad statistics, in January-February railroad deliveries of scrap totaled 5.85 thousand tons, an absolute minimum in the last several years. (Ukrainian metal)
The Khabarovsk region governor Vyacheslav Shport together with the new owners, representatives of Torex, visited Amurmetal. According to the company representatives, the situation at the works was stable, salary issues have been settled. In March the works plans to produce 12 thousand tons of steel from raw materials supplied by Torex. (Ukrainian metal)
On February 28, Amurmetal resumes operation after an almost monthly stand still. The company will be working at night under cheaper energy tariffs. So far 9 thousand tons of scrap have been accumulated. In late January Amurmetal was purchased by Torex (Khabarovsk) for 2.46 billion rubles. The purchase agreement has not been signed yet, though…
In 2016 Amurmetal produced 185.52 thousand tons of steel, down by 65.5% YoY. In H2 2016 the company decided to concentrate its activities on the local market, thus stopping all exports in Q4 2016. In 2016 Amurmetal exported 103.83 thousand tons of metal, or 50% of the total sales. The main consumers were Vietnam, Thailand,…
The Dalnevostochnaya Power Company plans to limit the supplies of the heating energy to Amurmetal, as the works has been increasing its debts for heating since November 2016. In November 2016 the company debts totaled 15 million rubles, increasing to 20 million rubles in December 2016. According to the power company, in January the debt…
In Q3 Amurmetal received 748.3 million rubles of net losses, up by 2% QoQ. The company revenue totaled 989 million rubles, down by 25% QoQ. Liquid steel smelting dropped by 60% YoY, to 167.84 thousand tons. In January-September Amurmetal received 2.56 billion rubles of net losses, up by 27% YoY. The company produced 71 thousand…
