In industry prices in July increased by 1.8% after a fall of 0.6% in June and 1.3% in May. According to the State Statistics Service, prices increased by 23.3% YoY in July, and by 8% YoY in 7 months. Metallic ore mining prices dropped by 1.3%, in metal manufacture – by 2.1%, at the same…
At the plant for production of metallurgical-grade silicon of Tau-Ken Temir LLP, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev has checked the current measures for technological modernization and prospects for development of the enterprise. Sagintayev examined the operational shops for silicon, refining, teeming and production, and visited the silicon intermediate storage facility. Murat Zhukenov, the Board…
The country’s third largest city Sumgayit will be the home to a huge metallurgical complex to be jointly built by Azerbaijan and Italy. The agreement signed between Baku Steel Company and Italian company Danieli in December 2016 will allow the country to save millions of dollars it spends on import and create opportunity for opening…
In May Donetsk region decreased pig iron output by 21.7% YoY, steel – by 18.4% and rolled metal – by 24.9%. Pig iron output in January-May dropped by 13.5% YoY, to 3.4 million tons, steel – by 6.4%, to 3.5 million tons, and rolled metal – by 7.9%, to 1.9 million tons. Despite the decrease…
The metal industry of the Zaporozhye region provides jobs to every fifth citizen – 29.9 thousand people, or 21.3% of the regions employment, in mining – 5.9 thousand people, or 4.2%. In January-June the index of industrial output in metal industry increased by 2.1% YoY, though in mining it fell by 3.4%, mostly because of…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman on July 16 congratulated employees of the mining and metallurgical complex on their professional holiday, the government’s portal reports. In his speech on the occasion, the prime minister said: “The industry incurred heavy economic and infrastructure losses from the Russian-terrorist occupation of separate regions in Donbas, as well as…
By 2030 Belarus will have invested some $440 million in modernization of its foundries. Among the priority projects is the Minsk Engine Works high-quality pig iron manufacture in Stolbtsy (Minsk region). In early 2018 it is planned to complete the first stage of the project, and by 2028 – the second stage. By 2028 $207…
In January-June Ukrainian metal companies consumed 880 million cubic meters of natural gas, up by 2% YoY. In June gas consumption totaled 125 million cubic meters. Daily average gas consumption in 6 months stood at 4.9 million cubic meters against 4.7 million in H1 2016. In June daily average gas consumption was 4.2 million cubic…