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On the implementation of the Russian Stainless Company project

Evgenia Zolotarskaya, Head of Marketing Department of Russian Stainless Company, in her speech at the conference “Iron & Steel Market of Central Asia and the Caucasus” in Tashkent, told about the progress of the project on construction of facilities for production of stainless flat rolled products (Volgograd region, Russia). The first stage of the project will be realised in the 4th quarter of 2025, when the first products will be produced in the cold rolling shop. In 2026, the hot rolling shop ...

25 April 2025., 10:35 comment

RUSAL develops aluminum scrap recycling

RUSAL, one of the world's largest primary aluminum producers, has produced a number of slabs intended for manufacturing of aluminum cans using more than 50% scrap. The Krasnoyarsk Aluminum Smelter project was implemented using metal produced using inert anode technology. Primary aluminum from the reduction shop was mixed with pre-treated and melted scrap and cast into slabs in the cast house. This is a non-standard process for a manufacturer of primary aluminum alloys, which requires an innovative ...

25 April 2025., 10:30 comment

Novostal-M develops sales and presence in Central Asian countries

In 2024, Metallurgical Holding Novostal-M remained among the leaders of Russian exporters of steel products to Uzbekistan. Since the start of operations (June 2022), there have been more than 350 customers in Uzbekistan. The sales volume is 5,000 tons monthly. The Holding has 4 warehouses in Uzbekistan with a total storage capacity of up to 14,000 tons of steel products, said Georgy Kim, Director of the Middle Abroad Division of Novostal-M Metallurgical Holding Company, at the 5th International ...

25 April 2025., 10:15 comment

RUSAL noted the impact of aluminum structures on the construction industry

Innovative materials, including aluminum structures, are becoming a key factor in the development of Russia's construction industry. This was stated by Evgeny Vasiliev, Director of Market Development at RUSALl, at the XVII Infrastructure Summit “Strong Russia” (InfraSpace). He recalled that in recent years, domestic enterprises that are members of the Aluminum Association have expanded their product range and mastered new alloys. This has contributed to an increase in the use of aluminum in ...

24 April 2025., 11:07 comment

Russia has realized production of new types of titanium tubes for aviation applications

Chepetsk Mechanical Plant (ChMZ, an enterprise of Rosatom's Fuel Division in Glazov, Republic of Udmurtia) has realized production of seven new nomenclatures of titanium alloy pipes for aviation pipeline systems. Such pipes with diameters from 6.35 mm to 31.75 mm and wall thicknesses from 0.4 mm to 1.3 mm were previously purchased by the Russian aviation industry from European suppliers. By 2030, Chepetsk Mechanical Plant plans to produce about 100 kilometers of titanium pipes for hydraulic ...

24 April 2025., 10:40 comment

Steel market specialists gathered in Tashkent for an international conference

About 120 delegates have registered for the 5th International Conference “Iron & Steel Market of Central Asia and the Caucasus”, which has been opened today in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). A lot has changed since the first conference in 2018: new metallurgical and metal processing facilities were opened in this region, and many investment projects have been implemented. The region continues to develop actively, becoming a center of attraction for both Chinese and European investors. Speakers of the ...

24 April 2025., 10:10 comment

Russian scientists discovered mineral to study Earth’s core

Scientists at St. Petersburg State University (SPGU) have discovered a new mineral – olgafrankite – in the rocks of Norilsk and the Rumuruti meteorite. For the scientific world, the discovery was a sensation, because this mineral was for decades considered a ‘cosmic calling card’. A new mineral, that consists of nickel and germanium, was discovered in the rocks of the Norilsk Ore region in the Krasnoyarsk Krai. For about 40 years, these samples were kept as museum exhibits, and now scientists ...

24 April 2025., 10:00 comment

Russia sharply increased copper exports to China in March

China's copper imports from the United States fell 1.9 times to $204.8 million in March this year, according to Chinese customs. This was the minimum for bilateral trade since April 2023 and is noticeably less than the average level of purchases for last year (371.9 million dollars, RIA Novosti reported. The main beneficiary of this decline was Russia, which in March became the second major source of copper for China. Russian exports for the year rose by $495.4 million, or 2.7 times, to $790.9 ...

23 April 2025., 11:40 comment

Russia has sharply increased its coking coal exports to India by nearly 1.7 times

In the past fiscal year - from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025. - Russia increased coking coal supplies to India almost 1.7 times to 8.2 million tons. This is stated in the April review of the Indian analytical company Bigmint. In total, India bought 57 million tons of coking coal on foreign markets during these 12 months - 0.7% less than a year earlier. Thus, Russia provided 16% of all Indian imports in this nomenclature, according to Bigmint data. The largest supplier to the country was Australia ...

23 April 2025., 11:00 comment

Spring always comes. Russian long products market: April 14-21

The weather this spring is simply “wonderful”! Then early warmth, then cold, then summer heat! Now we expect cold weather again. Nevertheless, seasonal growth in the construction industry has occurred. Although in absolute values it looks more modest than in the previous two years, the intensification of consumer demand allows metal trading companies to raise prices, trying to bring them to the level of primary market quotations or slightly higher. Metallurgical companies, for their part, maintain ...

23 April 2025., 10:15 comment

Russian scientists have developed a new method of creating ultra-high-strength coatings for titanium

Scientists of the Saratov State Technical University named after Y. Gagarin have developed a method of creating protective tantalum coatings on titanium, which makes it possible to control the composition, structure and properties of the created layer and achieve its greater mechanical strength. The development can be used in medicine for creation of biocompatible implants, as well as for the protection of titanium components equipment operating in aggressive environments, such as marine vessels ...

23 April 2025., 10:00 comment

Nornickel announces consolidated production results for 1Q 2025

Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and a major producer of Class I nickel, platinum and copper, announces preliminary consolidated production results for the first quarter of 2025. Senior Vice-President — Operating Director, Alexander Popov commented on the production results, "In 1Q 2025, platinum production increased, whereas the output of other metals was slightly lower than a year ago. The modest decline of nickel production was temporary and due to scheduled short-term ...

22 April 2025., 11:17 comment

Import substitution of metallurgical and machine-building equipment in Russia

Until 2022, Russia was heavily reliant on Europe for supplies of metallurgical and machine-building equipment. In 2021, Russian enterprises purchased approximately $1 billion worth of such equipment, including $700 million from EU suppliers. The main suppliers of metallurgical equipment were SMS Group (Germany), Danieli (Italy) and Primetals Technologies (headquartered in London). In 2022, a shift in trend was observed. In light of the recent trade restrictions, European firms have almost completely ...

22 April 2025., 11:10 comment

The active construction phase of the Baimsky GOK started

The active construction phase of the Baimsky Mining and Processing Plant (Baimsky GOK) was launched in the Chukotka Autonomous District. This is Russia's first mining and processing plant using unmanned technologies and the Internet of Things in copper ore mining. Dmitry Grigorenko, Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Government Staff, and Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, familiarized themselves with the construction ...

22 April 2025., 10:40 comment

Market environment is relatively stable

The analytical service of “Metal Supply & Sales” Magazine continues publishing the MSS-TM index (Market Temperature). The value of this index is determined through expert surveys on a weekly basis. In the middle of April the situation on the Russian market of steel products was relatively stable. The previous processes continued on it, no significant rate changes were observed. Estimates of sales and demand in the last week were contradictory, but the extremes compensated each other's influence. ...

22 April 2025., 10:34 comment

Russian Steel Association forecasts 2.5% growth in steel exports as demand in Russia falls

The Russian Steel Association expects steel exports to increase by 2.5% in 2025, the association's president Alexey Sentyurin said at the "Scrap of Ferrous and Nonferrous Metals" Forum. “In 2021 we shipped maximum volumes for export of 31 million tons, they had to be reduced last year to 20 million tons - that's a minus of almost 35%. This year, given the months that have already passed, we hope that exports will maintain the increase in rates, so for the year, we think we will be able to increase ...

21 April 2025., 11:30 comment

Russian Railways (RZD): iron ore loading for export grew by 13.3% in the first quarter

“Iron ore loading for export via the Russian Railways network increased by 13.3%. A total of 3.7 million tons of iron ore was loaded for export in the first quarter of 2025,” the press service of RZD reported. Including 2.1 million tons shipped in the eastern direction (+20.5%), 706.8 thousand tons shipped in the western direction (+9.6%), and 907 thousand tons shipped in the southern direction (+2.1%), the report said. The leading regions by volume of loading for export: - Belgorod region (1.1 ...

21 April 2025., 10:56 comment

Electrometallurgy accounts for more than 30% of total steel production in Russia

The 20th International Forum “Scrap of Ferrous and Nonferrous Metals” was held in Moscow. Nikita Ryblenkov, Executive Secretary of Association of Electrometallurgical Enterprises, spoke at the strategic plenary session. He presented an analysis of the current state and prospects of development of the electrometallurgical industry in Russia. Electrometallurgy accounts for more than 30% of the total volume of steel production in Russia. Smelting remains stable, and new production facilities are ...

21 April 2025., 10:30 comment

The Russian Federation will increase the capacity of border infrastructure

The Russian Federation is implementing projects aimed at improving international logistics and increasing cargo flows. A number of them are related to the modernization of border checkpoints and increasing the capacity of the network. “Within the framework of the national project “Efficient Transportation System” checkpoints are being updated on a large scale. By 2030, we will build and reconstruct 27 facilities on key international trade routes. As a result, 2 times more cargo will be able ...

18 April 2025., 10:45 comment

Rusal's top manager: Almost every aluminum bridge in Russia is unique

Over the past few years, about thirty bridges made of aluminum, a material that until recently was considered exotic in infrastructure projects, have appeared in Russia. The new bridge assembled in St. Petersburg for the Altai region was an impressive technological experiment. Why aluminum may become an important structural material of the near future, how Russian bridges were in demand in Germany and what does the Ministry of Emergency Situations have to do with it - in an interview with “Lenta.ru” ...

18 April 2025., 10:15 comment