In April, the Southeastern railroad transported 6.909 million tons of cargo, with 28.195 million tons transported in 4 months. In particular, the transportation of coal increased by 168.3% YoY, to 120.7 thousand tons, iron and manganese ore – by 4.9%, to 13.7 million tons, ferrous scrap – by 24.3%, to 92.8 thousand tons, refractories –…
In April, Zabaikalye railroad transported 1.3 million tons of cargo, up by 7.6% YoY. In January-April, transportation grew by 8.5% YoY, to 5.9 million tons. In particular, the railroad transported 3.7 million tons of coal, up by 3.4%, 136.3 thousand tons of ferrous scrap, up by 14%, 106.7 thousand tons of metal wares, up by…
A plant to produce tool steel is under construction in the Yurino hamlet in Mariy El. The company is being created under a priority project of investment cooperation between the republic and Chinese regions. Investments are estimated at some $5 million, with 80 million rubles already spent. The design capacity of the plant will be…
In January-March, Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) increased metal cargo transportation by 0.4% YoY, to 24.1 million tons. In particular, transportation of scrap dropped by 27.9%, to 500 thousand tons, of ferrous metals – by 5.4%, to 5 million tons, and coke – by 10.6%, to 1.1 million tons. At the same time, transportation of iron and…
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.…