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Hitachi Construction Machinery Eurasia GOST R 58966-2020 approved

launches bucket production in Russia for welded I-beams

Hitachi Construction Machinery Eurasia is expanding production in Russia - the company’s
plant in the Tver region will produce buckets for six models of excavators of average operating
weight.
Buckets for middle class vehicles with horizontal type of adapter attachment are in high The Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandart) notifies of
demand among Russian consumers. The test product release was divided into three phases. the approval of the standard GOST R 58966-2020 "Steel I-Beams welded. Specifications.
First, we localized the manufacture of buckets with a volume of 0.91 m3 Range".
The standard is introduced for the first time from January 1, 2021. The document
and 1.62 m3, then - with a capacity of 1.10 m3 and 1.40 m3. Buckets with a was introduced by the RF technical committee for standardization TC 465 "Construction".
capacity of 1.25 m3, as well as 1.86 m3 and 2.1 m3 are in preparation for test "This standard applies to steel welded I-beams with parallel chords, manufactured in
production.
For the manufacture of the main structure of the bucket, analogues the factory, from unalloyed and alloyed steel, intended for building structures. Welded
I-beams (beams) can be used for all types of building structures (beams, columns,
of Japanese steel were selected. Swedish and Russian companies were truss elements), elements of vertical and horizontal ties), as well as for buildings and
chosen as suppliers of high-strength structural steels,
and adapters and teeth will continue to be made from structures of all levels of responsibility and any purpose, " the notice says.
Japanese alloys.

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British Liberty Steel will develop rail business

The French government has to 600 thousand tons of billets, blooms and forgings
approved the sale of Hayange, the only per year. Sanjeev Gupta, the head of GFG Alliance
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national rail manufacturer and Ascoval, and Liberty Steel Group, said that the new owner
a supplier of semi-finished products for will provide additional demand for its products.
it, to the British company Liberty Steel, At the French asset, Liberty plans to implement
which is part of the industrial and energy its Greensteel concept of "carbon-free" steel
group GFG Alliance. production, which includes the use of renewable
These assets were previously
Enterprise scaling owned by British Steel, which went energy, scrap metal as feedstock and replacement of
natural gas with hydrogen. The company announces
bankrupt in 2019, and were sold in a its intention to become carbon neutral by 2030.
separate package.
Liberty states it is investing € 65 metalindex.ru
In June 2020, there was a mixed - Production and supply of new million in the acquisitions to begin with
reorganization in the form of a merger and metalworking equipment under its own and plans to increase productivity in
consolidation of the Ishimbay Machine-building brand; the future. The Hayange plant produces
Repair Plant. - Services of grinding, hardening, more than 300 thousand tons of rails
Ishimbay Machine-building Plant and production of ball screws and other spare per year, mainly for the needs of the
Rosstankotsentr company have integrated and parts. French railway network and the RATP
formed the Ishimbay Machine Building Group - company, which operates the Paris
a company with increased authorized capital, Metro. But Liberty expects to use the
material assets and number of employees. opportunities of its distribution network
Ishimbay Machine Building Group has to increase the supply of these products
combined all three areas of the company’s to other European countries. The
work: group also includes the Australian rail
- Overhaul and modernization of Ishimbay Machine-building Plant LLC manufacturer Whyalla.
equipment; Ascoval's production capacity is up

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