In January-April Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works produced 3.017 million tons of sinter, up by 17.8% YoY. In April sinter output totaled 850 thousand tons, up from 827 thousand tons in March. According to the company CEO Yuri Zinchenko, daily the sintering factory produces 33 thousand tons. “On May 10 the repairs of the…
Metinvest intends to implement anti-crisis measures at its Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. In particular it is suggested using iron ore raw materials wastes to produce sinter in view of undersupplies of sinter ore via railroad. “We intend to implement new methods of operation providing for the more efficient usage of secondary materials, thus…
Ukrzaliznytsia intends to send only 7 cargo trains through Kamysh-Zarya – Volnovakha railroad route. “And that’s when we need 18! We have raw materials enough for one day of operation. And we have informed the railway administration”, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works CEO Yuri Zinchenko wrote on his Facebook page. He believes that the…
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works continues to develop the range of galvanized structural steel coils. In Q1 it mastered the production of zinc-coated rolled steel of SS Grade 50 according to American standard ASTM A653/A653M. This product has the guaranteed strength properties and is used for the production of formed Z-, C-, Sigma- and…
Energomashspetsstal has shipped a batch of rolls to Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. According to the company statement, the totals weight of the rolls is 121.82 tons, they will be used in hot-rolling strip mills. The corresponding contract was concluded in January. By the end of the year EMSS will have supplied 371.78 tons…
For the last year the Mariupol metal companies underreceived 6 million tons of raw materials. “That’s some 1 million tons of underproduced pig iron and 1 million tons of pig iron, produced with uncompetitive cost price due to time consuming supplies”, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works CEO Yuri Zinchenko wrote on his Facebook page.…
Mariupol metallurgists are prepared to increase output, but the current railroad tariffs and logistics problems hamper manufacture. In particular, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works converter shop produces over 3.5 million tons of steel per year. Next year the company will construct a new continuous cast machine. But high railroad transportation tariffs don’t allow Mariupol…
The State Geology and Subsurface Service has cancelled 62 special allowances to use subsurface resources in Donetsk and Lugansk regions because of the absence of reports on mining in 2015-2016. The list contains among others Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, Makeevugol and Dokuchaevsk Flux-Dolomite Complex. (Ukrainian metal)
