The minister of ecology Ostap Semeral believes that the current size of the environment tax is nothing for major companies that sell metal at world prices. Thus, the environment tax size should be considerably increased. The lowest rates are in Mexico and Poland – 1 euro per ton, but in Ukraine they are 100 times…
Another Forbes rating has shown the 200 largest private companies in Russia. Of them 23 operate on the metal market. They are Nornickel (8), Rusal (10), Evraz (11), NLMK (12), Severstal (15), MMK (16), UMMC-Holding (17), Metalloinvest (24), TMK (31), Polyus (40), OMK (53), ChTPZ (57), Polymetal International (73), VSMPO-Avisma (90), Russian Copper Company (111),…
The TsNIIchermet named after Bardin has developed the final edition of the GOST 5949 standard “Metal products of stainless steels and corrosion-resistant and heat-resistant alloys. Technical specifications”. “The standard has been developed on the initiative of the metal works – manufacturers of corrosion- and heat-resistant rolled steel to replace the GOST 5949-75 “Corrosion- and heat-resistant…
The length cutting service center of Tyumenremdormash has started testing new machinery. The new complex cost investor 226 million rubles. The project is carried out with the help of the regional government. In particular the government paid 27.3 million rubles as the first installment. The service center produces strips of almost any size with the…
In the city of Ussuriysk, Lider Stal Vostok LLC has opened a new manufacture of coil steel with polymer coating. At the works, employing 20 people, the steel imported from China is cleaned, polished, cut, coated and coiled again. Investments into the project totaled 58 million rubles. The capacity of the enterprise is some 80…
In August Ukrainian metal companies increased natural gas consumption by 10 million cubic meters MoM, to 140 million cubic meters. Average daily gas consumption increased by 0.3 million cubic meters, to 4.5 million cubic meters. In January-August metal companies consumed 1.2 billion cubic meters of gas, up by 2% YoY. Average daily consumption was 4.7…
In August prices of industrial products increased by 0.4% MoM and by 23.6% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, iron ore prices increased by 6.6%, coal by 6%, in metal manufacture by 2.8%. At the same time coke prices dropped by 1.5%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-July Kazakhstan mined 144.1 billion tenge worth of ore, up by 57% YoY. Kostanay and Karaganda regions yielded the most – 128.1%, up by 54.7% YoY, or 88.9% of the total volume, and 14 million tenge, up by 78.4%, or 9.7% of the total respectively. ArcelorMittal Temirtau was the largest contributor in both regions.…