In February the port of Ust-Luga dispatched 201 wagons with large steel plates for Nord Stream-2 (1,005 plates), says press center of Commercial Sea Port of Ust-Luga. From the beginning of the project in October 2016, the port dispatched more than 5,000 steel plates. In January 294 railcars with steel plates left Ust-Luga for Vyksa…
PerfoGrad LLC, Voronezh, has produced a batch of perforated sheets for the construction of the Yekaterinburg Arena. In particular, the company supplied 2 thousand square meters of the perforated sheets for the technical premises of the stadium. The company intends to supply 5 thousand square meters more. PerfoGrad specializes in the manufacture of perforated metal…
In December 2016 Ukraine produced 1.9 million tons of pig iron, 2 million tons of steel and 1.8 million tons of rolled metal. As of January 17, 21 out of 28 blast furnaces (75%), 18 out of 21 converters (86%), 8 out of 9 open-hearth furnaces (89%) and 5 out of 16 electric-arc furnaces (31%)…
In 2016 Ukrainian metal companies consumed 1.74 billion cubic meters of gas, down by 14% YoY. In December 2016 gas consumption increased by 35 million cubic meters MoM, to 190 million cubic meters. Average daily gas consumption in December 2016 went up by 0.9 million cubic meters MoM, to 6.1 million cubic meters. In 2016…
Aktau city is planning to build a steelworks in the territory of Aktau Seaport. The project is to be launched from Q1. The plant will produce molded steel and cast iron items for various sectors of national economy. Progressive method – lost foam casting – will be applied at the plant. Its territory will cover…
In 2016 volumes of industrial output in Belarus totaled Br79.4 billion, down by 0.4% YoY. According to the National Statistics Committee, output volumes in mining industry reached 99.3%, in processing – 99.9%. In December 2016 industrial output increased by 5.1% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2016 Ukrainian metal companies increased electricity consumption by 0.02% YoY, to 28.76 billion kW-h. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, machine-building companies increased electricity consumption by 0.2%, to 3.676 billion kW-h, while chemical companies consumed 2.968 billion kW-h of electricity, down by 3.8%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-December 2016 Russian seaports handled 721.7 million tons of cargo (up by 6.7% YoY), says the press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports. Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 335.8 million tons (+7.5%) including 136.3 million tons of coal (+10.5%), 28.2 million tons of ferrous metals (+7.8%), 8.7 million tons of ore (+29.6%),…