2015-09-03 17:00:29 Mechel signed agreement with JFE Steel
Mechel Group has signed a three-year agreement for coal supplies with Japan’s JFE Steel. The agreement will be in force until August 2018.
According to the agreement, Mechel will annually supply JFE Steel up to 1 million tons of metallurgical coals, mostly coking coal ...
2015-09-01 16:06:43 TMK wins a mayor Gazprom tender to supply LDP
TMK took part in Gazprom's tender for large diameter pipes (LDP). Following the public request for proposals, TMK was announced the winning bidder in two lots. By the end of 2015, tTMK will ship to Gazprom Invest 37,535 tons of 1,420 mm K60-grade LDP with 21.6 mm walls, operating at ...
2015-08-20 11:53:02 NLMK Kaluga reaches 2 million tonne marker
NLMK Kaluga, a new generation EAF plant (part of NLMK Long Products) that manufactures a wide range of long products used in construction, has produced its second million tonnes of steel.
The launch of NLMK Kaluga in July 2013 was the Event of the Year in Russian ferrous ...
2015-08-19 13:25:33 TMK supplied pipes to Lukoil's project in Uzbekistan
TMK has supplied piping to Lukoil Uzbekistan Operating Company, an affiliate of Lukoil Overseas (operator of Lukoil's international projects).
The shipment consisted of the 88.9x6.45 mm H2S-resistant steel tubing compliant with the API 5CT standard and complete with ТМК UP РF ...
2015-08-13 17:21:32 Severstal invests more than 4 billion rubles in the Russian Steel division
Severstal has invested more than 4 billion rubles in its Russian Steel division in H1 2015.
The majority of the investment was focused on upgrading and retrofitting the division’s major production facilities. This included the reconstruction of production units and the ...
2015-08-11 13:58:11 CRC of OMK rose hot-rolled coils production by 10%
Casting and Rolling Complex (CRC, part of United Metallurgical Company, OMK) produced 584,000 tons of hot-rolled coils, which is up 10% against a similar period last year. Using the rolled steel, the complex made 265,000 tons of strips and 30,000 tons of sheets.
“The ...
2015-08-10 14:00:44 Russia rose copper export in 2.8 times
In the first half of 2015, Russia exported 283,300 tons of copper, increasing it in 2.8 times to compared with the result of January-June, 2014.
Cooper deliveries in the CIS decreased by 18.5% to 2,200 tons, but in other countries rose by 189% to 281,200 tons.
In monetary ...
2015-08-10 12:00:40 МТЗ «Трансмаш» признал КУЗОЦМ надежным поставщиком
Каменск-Уральский завод по обработке цветных металлов (КУЗОЦМ) получил высокую оценку от Московского тормозного завода «Трансмаш» (МТЗ «Трансмаш»), который включил предприятие в перечень своих лучших поставщиков.
«За период нашей совместной работы ...
2015-08-07 14:00:12 Over 90% of NLMK blast furnace facilities will run PCI
NLMK Group has launched a project to build a second Pulverized Coal Injection (PCI) complex at its Lipetsk site. When the project is complete, this advanced resource-saving technology will cover more than 90% of the company’s blast furnace facilities.
NLMK obtained the ...
2015-08-04 12:00:45 Vyksa Steel Works expanded tube output by 36%
Vyksa Steel Works (VSW, part of United Metallurgical Company, OMK produced over 1.1 million tons of pipes in the first half of 2015 which is up 36% against a similar period last year. The production of wheels is down 40% against the first half of 2014 and amounted to 142,000 items. ...
2015-07-31 15:41:01 NLMK Group increases supply of transformer steel to Siemens
NLMK Group has begun delivering transformer steel to Siemens’ Voronezh-based plant. This steel will be used to manufacture core plates for power transformers.
Novolipetsk, NLMK’s Lipetsk production site, made the first two shipments in June and July. In the future, ...
2015-07-29 15:51:32 Rusal announced new sales appointment
UC Rusal announced the appointment of Bob Katsiouleris as Director of European Sales.
Bob Katsiouleris will join Rusal on 1st August 2015 following a successful period as Senior Vice President for Marketing, Sourcing and Sales at Nyrstar, where he was accountable for the ...
2015-07-29 14:00:09 MMK expandes shipments to automotive industry
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) announces that in 1H 2015, it increased metal shipments to the automotive industry by 20% year-on-year to 215,000 tonnes.
MMK managed to strengthen its position on the market despite the significant decline in Russia’s car-making ...
2015-07-27 12:46:55 Karelsky Okatysh is to supply magnesia pellets to SSAB
Karelsky Okatysh, Russia’s leading plant for iron ore mining and processing (part of Severstal), signed a three-year contract to supply magnesia pellets to Swedish-Finnish group SSAB, starting from September 2015.
Finnish metallurgical conglomerate Rautaruukki (part of ...
2015-07-01 10:37:19 Norilsk Nickel registrated 3 brands on ShFE
Norilsk Nickel has registrated 3 brands on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE).
Severonickel Combine H-1, Severonickel Combine H-1Y, Norilsk Combine H-1, the most popular brands on the Chinese market, have been registered on the ShFE.
The listing gives way to a more balanced ...
2015-06-24 13:12:47 Norilsk Nickel and BASF signed a new long-term supply agreement
Norilsk Nickel and global chemical industry leader BASF have announced the signing of a large-scale, long-term agreement for the supply of platinum group metals (PGMs).
Under terms of the agreement, Norilsk Nickel will deliver PGMs to BASF for use in the production of ...
2015-06-23 14:07:25 Rusal opens representative office in Turkey
Rusal has announced the formation of a new representative office in Istanbul, Turkey.
The office will be led by Ihsan Kosoglu, who will join Rusal from Assan Aluminyum. Ihsan brings more than 19 years of experience in the Turkish aluminium industry in various commercial roles. ...
2015-06-23 10:30:48 MMK continues modernisation of blast-furnace plant
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has announced that it completed modernisation of turbo blowing machine no. 8 (TBM-8) in May 2015, and plans to overhaul blast furnace no. 9 at the end of the year.
In May 2015, MMK completed modernisation of its steam power plant’s ...
2015-06-22 13:07:55 NLMK Group opens unified call centre for clients
NLMK Group has announced the opening of a unified sales service centre to serve the Company’s domestic and international clients.
The call-centre was set up to improve the level of service provided to customers and in order to develop an efficient system of interaction with ...
2015-06-16 17:27:12 MMK showcases innovative products for foreign clients
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has announced that it is taking part in two recognised international forums — Metec 2015 international metallurgical trade fair, and Astana Mining & Metallurgy 2015 exhibition in Kazakhstan.
MMK’s stands will showcase the ...
2015-06-15 12:05:49 NLMK to build recycling facility
NLMK Group has received an approval from the State commission and a permit for the construction of a facility with an annual capacity of 700,000 tonnes of metallurgical briquettes from iron-containing waste at the company’s Lipetsk site.
Iron-containing briquettes are a raw ...
2015-06-10 12:49:51 NLMK Group launches new green energy facility
NLMK Group, Russia’s leading manufacturer of high value added steel products, has successfully completed hot testing and launched operation of a new top-pressure recovery turbine (TRT), a green energy-generating facility, at its Lipetsk production site.
Top-pressure recovery ...
2015-06-05 15:22:21 NLMK to construct new HDG line
LMK Group, the largest steel producer in Russia and one of the most efficient steel companies in the world, has signed an agreement with the Italian company Tenova for basic engineering and delivery of process equipment for the construction of a fifth Continuous Hot Dip Galvanizing Line ...
2015-06-02 16:40:14 Severstal to invest over 2.5 billion rubles into developing of flat steel production
Severstal, one of the world's leading vertically integrated steel and steel-related mining companies, will invest over 2.5 billion rubles in developing flat production at the Cherepovets Steel Mill.
The majority of the investment, around 1.7 billion rubles, will be spent on ...
2015-06-02 13:21:50 NLMK Kaluga achieves record heat series
NLMK Kaluga, NLMK Group Long Products Division’s next-generation EAF mini-mill that manufactures long products and sections for the construction industry, has achieved a record heat series duration of 110 heats in one tundish. This is one of the best figures in the world[1] for ...
2015-05-25 14:02:52 NLMK Kaluga rebar certified for export to Europe
NLMK Kaluga, the next-generation EAF mini-mill (part of NLMK Group’s Long Products Division), has obtained German national standard DIN 488 certification for its 10 to 25 mm diameter class B500B rebar.
Products were tested by Technische Universität München, ...
2015-04-21 13:23:25 TMK develops supplies of high-tech premium tubes
Tube Metallurgical Company (TMK) shipped high-tech premium tubes to Rospan International (a subsidiary of Rosneft), which develops East Urengoy and Novy Urengoy gas-condensate deposits in the Yamal-Nenets region.
TMK delivered 591 tons of tubes with premium connections TMK UP PF to ...
2015-04-20 06:09:03 KZOCM is to manufacture new products
Kirov Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Plant (KZOCM, an asset of UMMC-NFMP) started to installate hot strip milling line.
Today KZOCMs staffs together with contractors are building foundation. The site preparation work carried out: indleed and unclaimed equipment was dismantled, ...
2015-04-16 06:07:02 CRC of OMK grew HRC production
In Q1 2015, Casting and Rolling Complex of United Metallurgical Company (CRC of OMK) has produced 280,000 tons hot rolled steel coils, including 126,000 tons of strips and 17,000 tons of sheets, up to 14% in compared with the same period of 2014.
«Increase CRC of OMKs output ...
2015-04-15 06:01:59 Группа ЛСР осваивает выпуск дорожных ограждений
Группа ЛСР наладила производство железобетонных дорожных разделительных ограждений. Изделия предназначены для установки в качестве защитного барьерного ограждения в центральной полосе и на обочинах автомобильных дорог общего пользования.
При разработке технической документации, ...
2015-04-15 06:01:45 Stoilensky beneficiation plant increases productivity
NLMK Group has begun implementation of HPGR technology at its iron ore beneficiation plant at Stoilensky, an open pit iron ore mine. Implementation of this technology, which is new for Russia, enables a 10% increase in the production capacity of each modernized section of the plant. ...
2015-04-14 12:14:30 Severestal grew steel oitput in the first quarter of 2015
Today Severstal announced itss operational results for Q1 2015. According to its press release, crude steel production increased 2% q/q to 2.96 mln tonnes (Q4 2014: 2.89 million tons) with the prior quarter impacted by scheduled maintenance at one of the BOFs. Lower hot metal production ...
2015-04-13 14:17:09 Vyksa Steel Works increased tubes production
In January-March 2015, Vyksa Steel Works (part of United Metallurgical Company, OMK) has produced over 520,000 tons of steel tubes, a increase 43% compared to the same period of 2014.
«Tube production increased due to expand their deliveries to OMKs strategic partners, ...
2015-04-13 06:08:48 Rusal opened Russia’s deepest mine
Rusal launched of the first start-up complex at the Cheremoukhovskaya-Gloubokaya mine in the North Urals Bauxite Mine (SUBR). Cheremoukhovskaya-Gloubokaya becomes Russia’s deepest mine, with a depth of 1,550 meters, and ranks among the top five deepest mines in the world. Total ...
2015-04-06 06:09:57 Severstal expend cooperation with United Wagon Company
Severstal and Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant, an subsidiary of United Wagon Company, signed an agreement about the supply of flat rolled steel for the period from March to December of this year.
According to the agreement Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant will receive about ...
2015-04-03 11:30:39 Rusal introduced Clean Soderberg at IrkAZ
UC Rusal announced the launch of the Clean Soderberg project at its Irkutsk aluminium smelter (IrkAZ).
According to the project, the smelter’s potlines 1, 3 and 4 will be converted to the Clean Soderberg technology (IrkAZ has four operational potlines, numbers 1, 3, 4 and 5. ...
2015-04-03 06:19:17 Mechel Group extended credit lines granted of Raiffeisenbank
Mechel Group reported extending maturity of credit lines granted by Raiffeisenbank, totaling $30 million.
Mechel’s subsidiary Yakutugol signed an agreement with Raiffeisenbank for extending the maturity of active credit lines totaling $30 million until February 2016. ...
2015-04-02 06:06:28 MMK beсame a steel supplier for Ford in Russia
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has been named as a steel supplier for Ford cars produced in Russia. MMK is successfully completing the acceptance process for its steel plate with Ford Sollers Holding, Ford carmaker in Russia, and is increasing supplies of automotive sheet to the ...
2015-03-30 16:00:17 EVRAZ completed Alardinskaya Mine Investment Project
EVRAZ started production at the first longwall face (#3-40) of the Eastern Block at the Alardinskaya mine, Yuzhkuzbassugol. The total investments into the project exceed RUB 1 bln. The commercial reserves of the new face stand at about three million tonnes of coal. The company plans to ...
2015-03-26 06:07:51 Amur Minerals can invest over $1 billion in Kun-Manie deposit
Amur Minerals Corporation is ready to invest 60 billion rubles (over $1 billion) in the development of the Kun-Manie copper-nickel deposit, the governor of the Amur region Oleg Kozhemyako said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
Kun-Manie deposit resources ...
2015-03-25 06:58:57 MMK records a successful year for production plants
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has reported that a number of its production facilities and plants set local records in 2014, demonstrating their best performance in recent history.
The blast-furnace plant achieved record production of cast iron in its eight blast ...
2015-03-23 06:00:27 NLMK Kaluga produced 1 mln tons of rolled steel
NLMK Kaluga, the next-generation EAF mini-mill (part of NLMK Group’s Long Products Division), that manufactures long products and sections for the construction industry, has produced its millionth tonne of rolled steel.
NLMK Kaluga mini-mill was launched in July 2013 in the ...
2015-03-19 06:21:14 MMK commissions blast furnace following modernisation
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has completed technical upgrades to blast furnace №8. Currently, the blast furnace is gradually reaching its operational performance level.
The total investment into the blast furnace modernisation amounts to approximately RUB 2 billion. ...
2015-03-16 05:53:47 Severstal to supply tubes for Power of Siberia
Severstal has won a tender to supply about 160,000 tons of large diameter pipes for for Gazprom's major gas transmission project Power of Siberia. The pipes are to be manufactured by the Izhora Pipe Mill (IPM), a part of Severstal’s Russian Steel division.
Construction of ...
2015-03-12 17:33:41 UAZ plans to expand alumina output
Urals Aluminum Plant (UAZ, a subsidiary of Rusal) will modernize its alumina capacities, that allows to grow production to 900,000 tons of alumina per year, UAZ's CEO Victor Kozhevnikov said at a meeting with Mikhail Astakhov, major of Kamensk-Ural town, Sverdlovsk area.
According ...
2015-03-12 14:23:57 NLMK increases use of secondary energy sources
NLMK Group has begun hot testing of a new ‘green energy’ top-pressure recovery turbine (TRT) facility at its Lipetsk production site. Another turbine is under construction in parallel, with launch scheduled for 2016.
TRT’s are used to generate energy through the ...
2015-03-11 10:04:15 CRS of OMK started superfine rolled sheet production
Casting and Rolling Complex (CRC, an affiliate of OMK) has manufactured its first batch of 1mm thick hot-rolled sheets.
The trial rolled sheets, which are 1195 mm wide and 1 mm thin, were produced as part of the new product program. Tests showed that the rolled sheets fully ...
2015-03-10 13:37:25 NLMK use a new logistic model
NLMK Group reduced costs by more than 80 million rubles in 2014 through a new logistic model for electrical steel produced at the Novolipetsk site and at VIZ-Steel (the Urals).
Previously, goods were shipped from the plant by road or railway to a container terminal; where they were ...
2015-03-04 15:39:18 MMK’s hot-rolled products Mill 2000 sets all-time monthly record
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK or the Company) produced over 526,000 tons of metal at its hot-rolled products Mill 2000 in January 2015 – an all-time record for monthly output since the Mill opened in 1994. The previous monthly record of over 520,000 tonnes was set in October ...
2015-03-03 06:01:50 EVRAZ starts railroad wheel deliveries to Turkey
EVRAZ NTMK completed production of a batch of wheels for freight railcars under the contract with the Turkish State Railways (TCDD). Two thousand wheels of the newly launched BA 002 type (920 mm in diameter, made of the ER7 steel grade) will be shipped by the end of March. ...