2009-09-18 10:35:29 NLMK to issue bonds Novolipetsk Steel, a leading Russian steel company, is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors approved a decision to launch its bond program. The total value of the bond program that will be traded on the Russian debt market is RUR50 billion. More detailed information regarding ...
2009-09-18 10:29:57 OMZ's IZ-CARTEX completes manufacturing of new EKG-12K Shovel OMZ (Uralmash-Izhora Group), a leading heavy machinery company with assets located in Russia and the Czech Republic, announced today that its IZ-KARTEX company has completed production of the first EKG-12K mining shovel. In September 2009 the shovel will be shipped to the customer, Olenegorsk ...
2009-09-17 11:16:48 Long products market participants to meet in Revyakino, the Tula Region More than 70 heads and professionals of long products supplying companies, companies specializing in supplies of construction sites with metal and steel products, and manufacturers of rebar steel products are meeting today at Revyakino Metal-Rolling Plant to discuss the state of things in the ...
2009-09-16 17:51:55 Sredneuralsky Copper Smelter continues modernization of its facilities Despite difficult economic situation in the Russian market Sredneuralsky Copper Smelter continues modernization of its facilities reports a local newspaper. The modernization of the enterprise has mainly focused on the chemical plant creating new jobs. “Despite the economic recession, ...
2009-09-16 10:54:33 NLMK resumes transformer steel production in Lipetsk NLMK is pleased to announce that it has restarted its transformer steel production shop in Lipetsk, which was stopped last April due to a slow-down in electrical steel sales on the international markets. The decision to resume transformer steel production in Lipetsk was taken due to improvement ...
2009-09-15 10:55:55 Rusal enterprises to increase railway transportation In January – August 2009 Russian Rusal enterprises increased railway transportation of aluminium by 17.9% as compared to the corresponding period of the last year, RZD-Partner reports. According to Russian Railways official statistics, in January – August 2009 Rusal enterprises ...
2009-09-14 10:27:21 Mechel announces commissioning new equipment at Beloretsk Metallurgical Plant Mechel OAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces commissioning of the new production line for cold-deformed reinforcement wire held today at its Beloretsk Metallurgical plant (BMP) subsidiary. The new production line for cold-deformed reinforcement wire ...
2009-09-11 10:24:17 RUSAL announces completion of extensive modernisation programme at Krasnoyarsk smelter RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium and alumina producer, announces the completion of its five-year environmental modernisation programme of the Krasnoyarsk aluminium smelter (KrAZ). The сompany invested over USD 300 mln in the programme. Earlier today, KrAZ commissioned a new gas ...
2009-09-10 10:50:58 Evraz to make block listing application On September 9, 2009 Evraz Group S.A.made a block listing application for the admission of up to 93,399,999 GDRs to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the regulated market of the London Stock Exchange. Each GDR represents one third of an ordinary share in the ...
2009-09-10 10:40:25 Norilsk Nickel fleet commenced direct cargo transportations to European ports The Arctic fleet of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel (hereinafter – MMC Norilsk Nickel or the Company) consisting of five ice-reinforced Arctic vessels has commenced direct cargo transportation from the Dudinka port to the ports of Europe (Hamburg and Rotterdam). Earlier, the exported metal ...
2009-09-09 10:02:00 All types of equipment for metalworking and steel service centers to be presented at Metal-Expo’2009 Manufacturers and suppliers of equipment for metalworking and steel service centers actively apply for participation in Metal-Expo’2009 in Moscow. For example, MEP (Italy), a machine-tool company will present their Format 12, an automatic stirrup bending machine offering it on special ...
2009-09-08 13:20:30 October: time to start the sales engine! Metal Supply & Sales, General Information Partner of Metal-Expo’2009, 15th International Industrial Exhibition is making a special offer to all its exhibitors. The publication offers its partners to publish in the October issue materials about the range of products, technologies and ...
2009-09-08 11:17:09 Tatpof to master manufacture of thin-wall shapes Tatprof has announced mastering of thin-wall shapes with wall thickness reaching 0.6mm manufacture as part of thin-wall shaped extrusion program. Reducing of wall thickness was demanded by the market. As a result, the company extended its presence in the furniture shapes, interior design, shop ...
2009-09-08 10:01:00 Daniel Harris appointed President of Stratcor Evraz Group ("Evraz") announced an appointment of Mr. Daniel C. Harris as President of Strategic Minerals Corporation (Stratcor), Evraz’s vanadium subsidiary operating in the US and South Africa. Following the retirement of the current Stratcor President Hein Enslin, Daniel ...
2009-09-07 10:55:52 OMZ's Izhorskiye Zavody manufactures first hydrotreater for LUKoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez OMZ (Uralmash-Izhora Group), a leading heavy machinery company with assets located in Russia and the Czech Republic, announced today that its Izhorskiye Zavody unit has completed production of the first 3R-2001 vacuum gas oil hydrotreater for modernization of the Kstovo refinery owned by ...
2009-09-07 10:01:00 TMK GF premium connection successfully tested at VNIIGaz TMK, a global leader in the manufacturing of tubular products for the oil and gas industry, announced today that its TMK GF premium connection was successfully tested at VNIIGaz. Gazprom’s Scientific-Research Institute of Natural Gases and Gas Technologies (VNIIGAZ) carried out a series ...
2009-09-04 10:55:19 Expert RA Rating Agency to assign credit rating to OMZ Expert RA Rating Agency has assigned A Credit Rating to OMZ OJSC (Uralmash-Izhora Group). The A level means High Level of Creditworthiness. The agency's experts refer to a high probability of support of the company by Gazprombank, OMZ's owner, as to a factor which contributed to the rating ...
2009-09-03 12:33:05 Realit increases output by 30% Crisis management measures taken at Realit have turned out to be efficient. Last month’s production plan has been fully fulfilled even exceeded on some points. Growth in aluminium profiles output has reached 30%, while increase in dispatched products volume has reached 34%. All this has ...
2009-09-02 11:55:32 Evraz announces 2009 interim results Evraz Group S.A. today announces its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2009. 1H 2009 Highlights: Financials: * Revenue US$4,639 million * Consolidated adjusted EBITDA US$468 million∗ * Net loss US$999 million, negatively impacted by US$833 million due ...
2009-09-02 11:27:49 Bogatyr resumes operations After a temporary shutdown of mining operations, TOO Bogatyr Komir, a joint venture of RUSAL and the Kazakhstan state-owned holding Samruk-Energo, fully resumed extraction and delivery of coal to power plants in Kazakhstan and Russia on 30 June 2009. In June, Bogatyr miners completed scheduled ...
2009-09-01 11:45:58 Stupino Metallurgical Company puts new cutting line into operation Stupino Metallurgical Company has put into operation a long-cut aluminium alloys lagging sheets cutting line as part of the RusSpetsStal investment program aimed at modernization of production facilities and extending of its high tech products range. Launching of this production is one of the ...
2009-09-01 10:46:48 NLMK discontinued discharge of industrial effluents Novolipetsk Steel has discontinued the discharge of industrial effluents into the Voronezh river, whilst decreasing consumption of river water by 3 times. This was achieved through the completion of a large-scale refurbishment of the process water supply system and the introduction of a new ...
2009-08-31 10:00:00 Metal-Expo to register with Wikipedia A page of Metal-Expo’2009, 15th International Industrial Exhibition has recently been pasted on Wikipedia, a global free encyclopedia. The contents of the page includes description of 15 main sections of the exhibition, program of events as well as the role of the event in the Russian ...
2009-08-28 11:13:18 RUSAL and RusHydro Agree on Major Issues on Launching Boguchanskaya HPP Ahead of Schedule Moscow, 27 August 2009 – RUSAL and RusHydro, the partners in the BEMO project, held an extended meeting to discuss the launching of the Boguchanskaya HPP, part of the BEMO project, ahead of schedule. In particular, the parties agreed to hold a tender in September for construction and ...
2009-08-28 11:09:44 Metal cord production to be launched in the Lipetsk Region Projects on setting up facilities for high conversion steel products manufacture are carried out in Special Economic Zone Lipetsk. At a press conference Oleg Korolyov, Governor of the Lipetsk region, said that despite a difficult economic situation in the Russian market, no investor had left ...
2009-08-27 10:54:17 Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant Reports Production Results for the H1 2009 Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant (LSE: CHZN, RTS: CHZN, MICEX: CHZN), Russia’s largest producer of zinc and zinc alloys, announces its production results for the first half of 2009. January through June, 2009, Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant (CZP) produced 51,686 tonnes of salable SHG zinc and zinc based ...
2009-08-27 09:16:45 OMZ Special Steels Certified by Germanischer Lloyd MOSCOW - OMZ (Uralmash-Izhora Group) (RTS: OMZZ; LSE: OMZD; OTC: UHMVY), a leading heavy machinery company with assets located in Russia and the Czech Republic, announced that its OMZ Special Steels company has successfully passed a certification of its steel forgings designed for shipbuilding. ...
2009-08-26 13:42:39 VSMPO-AVISMA at Aeroshow MAKS-2009, Moscow VSMPO-AVISMA work started at the Aeroshow MAKS-2009 and was famous of VIP-persons visits. The first one approaching the booth, which was decorated with a big poster «Russian Titanium in the world-wide aviation», was Sergey Chemezov, Director General of the State Corporation ...
2009-08-26 13:33:12 Metallurgic Plant Named after A.K.Serov Receives Certification According to ISO/TS 16949:2002 Following the results of re-certification audit JSC “Metallurgic plant named after A.K. Serov” (an enterprise of the ferrous division of UMMC) has received an international certification according to the Standard ISO-TS 16949:2002 with the period of validity till 2012. Positive ...
2009-08-26 12:53:04 Mechel Announces Establishing Its Representative Office In the Republic of Korea Currently Mechel’s representative office in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) is the first Russian corporate representative office in the mining and metals industry in the country. Other large Russian companies having permanent representative offices in South Korea are Russian ...
2009-08-25 11:28:00 Representatives of VTB Bank are in Metalloinvest Board of Directors A new Board of Directors was elected on the 11th of August 2009 in accordance with the decision of the Metalloinvest Management Company. Joining the Board for the first time are Aladyshev Kirill Yurievich and Musatov Andrey Igorevich. Commenting on the new Board of Directors, Farhad Moshiri, ...
2009-08-21 13:27:26 OMZ Special Steels Certified by Bureau Veritas OMZ (Uralmash-Izhora Group) announced that its OMZ Special Steels company has successfully passed a certification of its steel forgings designed for shipbuilding and marine engineering. The certification procedure was conducted by the Bureau Veritas (BV), a French classification organization. ...
2009-08-21 01:30:24 NLMK implements environmental protection project in steelmaking Novolipetsk Steel has begun work on the next stage of the reconstruction of the gas exhaust ducts of its BOFs system, which is aimed at enhancing the reliability of the lines and reducing their environmental impact. The implementation of this project at the main Lipetsk site will ...
2009-08-20 11:25:50 Fill out the Form to Receive the Visitor Badge Now! This year some 30 thousand professionals are expected to visit Metal-Expo’2009 on November 10-13 to get information, exchange opinions, understand trends in the market, and to make plans for the future. Though the Organizer of the exhibition does its best to improve the visitor service ...
2009-08-20 01:29:52 Gubakha Coke and Vyksa Steel Works report its operating results for July 2009 Gubakha Coke (Perm Territory), part of United Metallurgical Company (OMK), has reported its operating results for July 2009. In July, Gubakha Coke achieved bulk coke production of 28.2 thousand tn and processed 4.1 thousand tn of coal pitch. The customers' orders were fulfilled 100%. As ...
2009-08-19 12:23:42 TMK Ships Premium Connections to TNK-BP TMK announced that it began shipments of premium threaded casing pipe to TNK-BP. The shipments are carried out by TMK Premium Service within the framework of a global cooperation agreement between TMK and TNK-BP. Before the end of August, TMK Premium Service will ship 1.3 thousand tn of 168.3 ...
2009-08-18 14:59:29 MMK starts production at its Sosnovsky iron ore deposit In October 2003 MMK obtained a license to develop the Sosnovsky iron ore deposit situated in Chelyabinsk region 360 km away from MMK production site. In February 2007 MMK acquired 51% of the iron ore producing company OOO Bakalskoe Rudoupravlenie (OOO BRU). In September 2007 the license to ...
2009-08-17 14:14:43 VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation summed up the results of work in the 1st half of 2009 VSMPO-Avisma Sales proceeds in the 1st half of 2009 was 12.8 bln roubles. AS compared to similar index for 2008 decrease totaled 14,2%. The main cause of sales proceeds decrease was lowering of sales volume in natural units, conditioned by the effect of the world-wide financial crisis. Net ...
2009-08-17 12:41:41 Evraz issues new shares completing bond and equity offerings Evraz Group S.A. ("Evraz") in connection with its offering of 7.25% convertible bonds ("Bonds") due 2014 and global depositary receipts (“GDRs”) listed on the London Stock Exchange announced previously on July 8, 2009, on August 13 announced the issue of ...
2009-08-17 11:31:04 Oskol electrometallurgical plant successfully passed recertification ecological audit The second recertification ecological audit is successfully completed at OEMK. Certification bureau “Veritas” experts mentioned a positive experience of internal audit and implementation of the waste calculation system based on R/3 program solution. Environmental Management System ...
2009-08-11 14:32:03 Conference on Non-Ferrous Metals to be Held in Moscow Metal Supply & Sales Specialized Magazine, General Information Partner of Metal-Expo exhibitions is in the middle of organizing Russian Non-Ferrous Metals Market, 2d International Conference. The conference will gather together heads and specialists of non-ferrous metals processing ...
2009-07-27 17:29:05 Around the World in Four Days Manufacturers of metal and steel products, equipment for steel industry and metal working, steel service centers and warehouses, as well as mining industry from almost all the continents will present their products, latest developments, and share their know-how during the four days of ...
2009-07-23 16:03:03 Mechel continues implementing its social programs Mechel announces that it continues implementing its social programs at all of its subsidiaries. The programs are aimed at providing support to Mechel’s employees’ families, to the youth and elderly generation. In spite of the world financial and economic crisis, all of ...
2009-07-22 16:01:02 Sberbank of Russia and PSC VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation to open credit lines Sberbank of Russia is opening for PSC VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation two nonrevolving credit lines limiting to a total of USD 165 mln for the periods of 5 and 1 year accordingly. The Russian titanium company is planning to use the facilities for financing investment outlay and re-financing debt to ...
2009-07-21 01:49:15 Severstal restarts blast furnace No.1 at Cherepovets Steel Mill Severstal announced that it restarted Blast Furnace No. 1 at its Cherepovets Steel Mill (Russia). The restart of the furnace will optimize the production process at the facility, with a total capacity of 1.1 mln tonnes of pig iron per year.The 1,007 m³ furnace was idled in December ...
2009-07-20 16:47:27 TMK Announces 2009 First Half Production Results The decrease in pipe shipments was mainly related to the weak market demand observed in the first and second quarters of the year. The Company estimates that the Russian pipe market declined by 34.8% in the first half of 2009 as compared to 1H08. Despite the weak pipe market, the Company ...
2009-07-16 10:55:49 NLMK acquires additional 25% stake in NSMMZ Novolipetsk Steel announces that on 15 July 2009 it acquired a 25% stake in NSMMZ, a Maxi-Group production facility, from Metallurgical Holding. NLMK’s ownership has increased to 57% including the shares that NLMK acquired in the loans-for-shares auction conducted on 25 June 2009. Before ...
2009-07-15 10:48:22 Evraz Group 2Q09 Operational Results Evraz Group S.A. today released its operational results for the second quarter of 2009. Read full text of the press release here .