In 2017 Seaport St Petersburg handled 6.9 million tons of cargo, up by 4% YoY. According to the port press service, ferrous metals throughput increased by 20%, to 3.6 million tons, while that of non-ferrous metals dropped by 9%, to 1.4 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Last year over 1 thousand cargo cars were sent for repairs because of the damages done by the customers. The most careless customer of the Pridneprovskaya railroads is ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, which has damaged over a half of all cars. Other car-damaging clients of the Ukrainian railroads are Zaporizhstal, Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine and…
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has approved the construction of a new mining and processing complex at the Tebinbulak deposits. The complex will have been constructed by 2024. The total cost of the construction is estimated at $1.5 billion, with a part to be represented by a loan from Chinese banks. The Tebinbulak titanium-magnetite ore…
In December 2017, 7.2 million tons of ferrous metals were transported via railroad, up by 14.3% YoY. And in 2017 railroads transported 73 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 2.8% YoY. According to Rosstat, in 2017 rolled metal output grew by 0.7%, pig iron – by 0.5%, pipes – by 4.8% and ferrous metals…
In December 2017 iron ore raw materials deliveries totaled 2.5 million tons (on the November 2017 level), coal – 1.3 million tons, up by 16% MoM, and coke – 860 thousand tons, down by 1%. The share of imported coal was 79%, or 1.03 million tons of 1.3 million tons, coke – 10.5%, or 90…
In December 2017 Ukrainian metal works consumed 190 million cubic meters of natural gas, up by 15% MoM. In 12 moths gas consumption grew by 3%, to 1.8 billion cubic meters. Electricity consumption dropped by 11%, to 11.5 billion kW-h. (Ukrainian metal)
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has approved the plan of measures in connection with the construction of a mining and metallurgical complex based on the Tebinbulak deposit. The new complex will be built by 2024. Its capacity will be up to 1 million tons of steel products per year. The country’s government approved a preliminary feasibility…
In 2017 metal industry showed positive trends resulting mostly from external factors: the strengthening of the ruble, increase of the outer demand, accessibility of investments, etc. The following factors influenced the metal industry the most: – the increase of world prices by 40% on average, – and the growth of other income 2.2-fold because of…
