In January-November Russian seaports increased throughput by 9% YoY, to 716.7 million tons. According to the Association of Sea Trade Ports, coal throughput went up by 13.3% YoY, to 141.1 million tons, while that of ferrous metals dropped by 1.6%, to 25.5 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-October Ukraine sold 1.721 trillion UAH worth of goods and services, up by 24.06% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, in October mining and processing products sales increased by 23.1% YoY, including exports – by 24.9%: in particular in mining – by 24.2% (by 6.9%) and in processing – by 22.9% (27.1%). The…
The volume of metal wares output in Volgograd region in January-October 2017 totaled 44 billion rubles, up by 8.3 billion rubles. Modernization of metal machinery at the local plants positively affects the industrial indexes. In particular, the revamping projects are carried out at Volzhskaya Kuznitsa LLC, Volzhsky Pipe Works LLC. This year Severstal Ropes has…
According to the Russian Steel Association, in 2017 local steel consumption will grow by 5.5% YoY. The previous forecast, published in June, presupposed the growth of steel consumption by 2%. “The positive dynamics of metal consumption is shown by the machine-building sector – 14%. Steel consumption by car manufacturers will increase by 9%, and by…
In January-October metal consumption in Ukraine increased by 18% YoY, to 4.37 million tons. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, 1.08 million tons (24.7%) were imported, up by 23.4%. Imports structure changed this year. The flat rolled metal dominates the imports with the share of 58.4% against 64%, while the share of long rolled metal increased from 34.3%…
Belarus and Venezuela will be able to achieve the goals they set forth and strengthen the relations of cooperation and friendship, Belarus Industry Minister Vitaly Vovk said at the meeting with Venezuelan Minister for Basic, Strategic and Socialist Industries Juan Arias. The parties discussed bilateral cooperation, especially in iron and steel manufacturing. According to Vitaly…
Debang Guangdong is initiating a construction of a new metal cluster in the Far East. In particular, an electrometallurgical works will be built. According to the Ministry of the development of the East, investments will total $2 billion. The projected capacity of the first stage of the enterprise will be 1-3 million tons of metal…
Scientists of the National Research Technological University MISiS together with their Canadian colleagues have created a unique titanium – niobium – zirconium alloy – its resilience is identical to that of the human bones. This innovation will allow creating more efficient and practical medical implants. Researchers believe the new alloy will replace the currently used…
