On November 12, the state enterprise “Dneprovsky railroad transport certification service” decided to cancel the certificate of correspondence of railroad wheels to the DSTU GOST 10791:2016 issued to Prommashkomplekt LLC (Kazakhstan). The main reason for the revocation of the certificate was that the wheels were not tested in Ukrainian laboratories. It turns out, the Kazakh…
Anatoly Sedykh, owner of OMK, has assessed the Russian market of wheels. “This year we plan to produce 950 thousand wheels, and next year we’ll increase the output by 50 thousand wheels. Evraz will increase output by 550 thousand pieces, to 1.5-1.6 million wheels. Moreover, there is also Interpipe on the Russian market, that’s 170-200…
Russian Railways and the Union of Railway Operators Market have complained to the Federal Antimonopoly Service about high prices for wheels. According to the claim, annual demand for wheels amounts to 1.6 million while only 1.5 million are produced. The wheels for the Russian track gauge are made by the Vyksa Iron and Steel Works,…
Russia is suffering from a considerable railroad wheel shortage. The deliveries from two main manufacturers – OMK and Evraz – at 45 thousand rubles ($660) per wheel are not enough. The price reaches 150 thousand rubles ($2200) or even 250 thousand ($3670). While two years ago the price was 25 thousand rubles. The situation worsened…
The Ferrous Metals Research Institute named after Bardin has developed a new alloyed steel with bainitic structure for the solid-rolled railroad wheels. Vyksa Iron and Steel Works and Russian Railroads participated in the development. The new bainitic steel has demonstrated higher mechanical and exploitation characteristics than its predecessors. The wheels were produced at Vyksa Iron…
The Federal Antimonopoly Service has initiated a case against railroad wheel manufacturers – Vyksa Iron and Steel Works and NTMK. They are suspected of setting monopoly high prices for wheels. The service reported a considerable increase in price since H2 2017. In April the Eurasian Economic Committee increased antidumping duty for Interpipe wheels from 4.75%…
