Verkhnevolzhsky Service Metal Center in Ivanovo region with the help of a loan of 209.9 million rubles from the Fund of the industry development intends to master the technique to apply hot-rip galvanizing to metal wares. The company will provide such services to other customers, as well as galvanize its own products. The cost of…
The volume of transportation of mining and metallurgical cargo via the Dnepr River could grow 2-fold, to 2.5 million tons. But so far the depth of the river does not correspond to the sizes of ships necessary to transport such cargo. At present the ships with the capacity of 6 thousand tons are operating at…
In March, Kazakhstan produced 0.673 million tons of steel, up by 56.4% YoY. In Q1 steel output dropped by 2.7% YoY, to 1.135 million tons. According to the Ministry of National Economy, rolled metal output dropped by 22.9%, to 0.208 million tons in March and by 48%, to 0.391 million tons in Q1. Ferroalloys manufacturers…
In January-March, Ukrainian metal companies decreased natural gas consumption by 10% YoY, to 460 million cubic meters. In March consumption grew by 3% MoM, to 150 million cubic meters. Electricity consumption in Q1 totaled some 2.920 billion kW-h, down by 4% YoY. In March, Ukrainian metal companies consumed 1 billion kW-h, up by 10% MoM.…
In March, Far Eastern Railroad transported 4.27 million tons of cargo, up by 1.8% YoY. In particular, iron and manganese ore transportation grew by 9.3%, to 533 thousand tons, and metal wares – by 22.4%, to 290 thousand tons. At the same time transportation of coal decreased by 5.8%, to 4.596 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In March Sverdlovsk railroad transported 12.3 million tons of cargo, up by 2% YoY. In January-March transportation grew by 1.6% YoY, to 34.4 million tons. In particular, the railroad transported 2.7 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 10.9%, 518.6 thousand tons of scrap (+4.6%), 3.1 million tons of iron and manganese ore (+9.2%), and…
Tajikistan hopes to attract additional investments of $300 million in mining and metallurgical sphere. “The volume of investments in the next 5 years has to reach 2.73 billion somoni”, the government approved program of development till 2025 says. Additional investments will help local companies modernize existing capacities and commission new ones, as well as develop…
In March 113.3 million tons of cargo were transported by railroad, up by 0.5% YoY. In Q1 transportation grew by 0.7%, to 318.7 million tons. In particular, in three months Russian railroad transported 29.3 million tons of iron and manganese ore, up by 7.7%. The transportation of ferrous metals dropped by 1.7%, to 19.4 million…