. July

On the eve of Metallurgist Day, Vladimir Putin arrived on a working trip to the Ural Federal District. The first item on the agenda was a visit to the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK). Accompanied by Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Ural Federal District Artem Zhoga, Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Alexei Teksler, as well as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works Viktor Rashnikov and MMK General ...

Irkutsk-based Service TechnoProm LLC has built Russia's biggest centrifugal concentrator for the mining industry, the Irkutsk regional government's press service said. "This equipment is designed to extract gold, platinum and other valuable metals when ores from hardrock deposits are processed. The Irkutsk model's capacity is up to 1,000 tonnes per hour, and there are very few concentrators like it in the world today," the report says, quoting Nikita Kiselev, CEO of Service TechnoProm. The equipment ...

In recent years, the Russian metal processing market has shown steady growth, largely driven by the need for technological sovereignty, active import substitution, and the adoption of modern manufacturing technologies. Following the exit of several foreign suppliers, domestic enterprises faced the challenge not only of maintaining previous production levels but also of ensuring product competitiveness in response to rising demands from clients across diverse sectors — from automotive and heavy ...