ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions Vostok (Moscow, Russia) manufacturer and supplier of ferrous and stainless steel rolled metal in Russia, is shutting its office in Kyiv. The decision was taken on August 6. The company was registered on May 28, 2009. In Ukraine ArcelorMittal owns ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih as well as a number of smaller companies. (Ukrainian…
In October metal transportation via the Dnepr River grew by 13.3% MoM, to 170 thousand tons. In 10 months transportation increased by 24.1%, to 1.37 million tons. In January-September metal transportation went up by 27.3% YoY, to 1.2 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In October the Northern Railroad transported 5.2 million tons of cargo, up by 2.3% YoY. In 10 months throughput grew by 5.2% YoY, to 54.6 million tons. In particular, the railroad transported 6.6 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 1.3% YoY, 4.2 million tons of coal, up by 31.1%, and 2. 9 million tons…
In September the number of employees in metal industry decreased by 0.6% MoM, to 191.7 thousand people. According to the State Statistics Service, in mining and quarrying the number of personnel dropped by 0.4%, to 193.8 thousand people. The coke manufacture lost the most workers – 2.7%, to 17.5 thousand people. (Ukrainian metal)
A manufacturing complex of metal wares machining will be constructed in Dzerzhinsk for 296.5 million rubles. The Ardmanol Company has been given a land plot with the size of 26 thousand square meters. The company intends to construct the complex in 16 months. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-September Ukrzaliznytsia increased iron and manganese ore transportation by 3.5% YoY, to 51.8 thousand tons. According to the State Statistics Service, ferrous scrap transportation dropped by 17.7%, to 1.8 thousand tons. Transportation of ferrous metals decreased by 2.9%, to 14.6 thousand tons, and coke – by 9.2%, to 3.3 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
The Russian companies plan to sign a memorandum on finishing construction of the Ajaokuta steel plant in Nigeria during the Russia-Africa forum scheduled for October 23-24, Andrei Slepnev, CEO of the Russian Export Center, reported. “We plan to sign the most important cooperation memorandum to finish construction of the Ajaokuta Steel Plant in Nigeria. Returning…
By the decision of the World Steel Association members at the annual meeting the Corporation of the Ferrous Metals Manufacturers (Chermet Corporation) has been accepted as an affiliated member. This category is reserved for industry associations, as well as scientific and technical organizations acting in the interest of developing the metal industry. The membership in…
