On march 23, the working meeting between “Energosteel” representatives and our Belgian partners, with whom we have been cooperating for several years was held. During the cooperation we were able not only to achieve regular deliveries to them, but also to expand the sales geography and to gain new experience in logistics. The objectives of this meeting were the discussing of strategic issues of further cooperation, the expending of the sales markets for steel grinding balls (Africa, South America, Australia), and investments in common projects. Further plans of mutually beneficial cooperation in all directions were elaborated as a results of the negotiations. “Energosteel” thanks our partners for a warm and hospitable welcome, for goodwill and openness.
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Recently, TC Energosteel held a successful three-day meeting with partners from Turkey and Azerbaijan. The purpose of the visit of our partners was to familiarize with the system modernization of the main industrial equipment of TC Energosteel. During the meeting, the delegation visited our Plant, where it was noted that TC Energosteel is a dynamically developing enterprise focused on global business standards. Our partners have fully satisfied their interest in the work of the main production units of the Energosteel plant, laboratories, warehouses of raw material and finished products, logistic components. They also thanked the management and staff of the Energosteel group for providing prompt, high-quality technical support and expressed hope for further cooperation in this direction, beneficial for the development of both parties. We want to express our gratitude to our partners, for their faith in our company, for the time given to us, for the friendliness and open tone of the talks.
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On March 28, the informative and incredibly “tasty” closed meeting for members of the European Business Association was held. Company Energosteel thanks the European Business Association for organizing a non-standard and memorable meeting and hospitable Natalia Nevyadomskaya for the charming atmosphere of France and delicious crispy croissants. EBA GetInTouch is a “closed” meeting format that was created specifically to help Association members get to know each other. The participants of the meeting found warm acquaintances with representatives of various business areas in the cozy and inspiring atmosphere of France – at the Très Francais restaurant, which is located in the center of Kiev.
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The actor gets into character and the marketer – into the product. Olga Nesterenko Imperceptibly, marketing has permeated all areas of our life. It is difficult to imagine everyday life without choice whether the food or the vehicles, etc. The advertising of products, their popularity and recognition always influences this choice. What remains in the memory of the buyer? What keeps in the client’s subconscious? Why do we choose only one of the two manufacturers of the same product? The answer is simple – it is the brand. Experience has shown that traditional marketing has faded into the background recently. Empirical marketing comes to replace it. It is a new marketing direction, in which marketers focus on customer experiences, create a link between the brand and consumers. Energostil thanks the European Business Association for holding an informative lecture together with the NEBO ideas agency: ‘’Empirical marketing for brands with a character’’ that was held on 03/28/2019. Olga Nesterenko shared her experience and skills in the field of marketing with the audience. Energostil practices this type of marketing. Our company keeps a finger on the pulse and always knows what exactly the buyer needs by conducting continuous technical support for our […]
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The grinding process of the material directly depends on its hardness. Earlier we considered the classification of rocks hardness according to the Protodyakonov scale, where the hardness coefficient bases on the degree of material resistance to compression. There is also another method for determining material hardness – this is the Mohs scale of mineral hardness proposed by German mineralogist Friedrich Mohs in 1811. Many laboratories practice this method. Mohs hardness is the scratch resistance of material surface through the scratching it with another material. A hardness depends on the connectivity degree of the material`s atomic structure. A Mohs scale is a scale of reference minerals for assessing materials hardness by scratching. The scale is shown below. Mohs Hardness Scale Standard mineral Hardness Talc 1 Gypsum 2 Calcite 3 Fluorite 4 Apatite 5 Orthoclase 6 Quartz 7 Topaz 8 Corundum 9 Diamond 10 There are ten minerals on the Mohs scale, each of which has a specific coefficient of hardness. The hardness determination of other materials not represented on this scale is carried out using this set of reference materials by pressing them on the test material surface. If the reference material leaves a scratch on the test material surface, then […]
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Customer service represents the heart of a brand in the hearts of its customers. Kate Nasser, business trainer The People Skills Coach. One of the main Energosteel`s advantages is customer orientation. Our goal is to exceed the expectations of our customers and make them happy through deep understanding and satisfaction of their needs in steel grinding balls. We have implemented four client satisfaction elements in our work: perfect product, high-quality service, timeliness and effective problem solving process, loyal and flexible pricing. One of the main point of customer loyalty program are personal meetings.Annually specialists of company ‘Energosteel’ visit the factories of our partners in any part of the world overcoming significant distances. From February 19 to February 23, 2019, our employees met with partners in Armenia, a country rich in mineral deposits. There are also many mining and processing plants in Armenia, which makes this market very interesting. We have established ourselves as a reliable supplier of high-quality steel grinding balls in this challenging and interesting market. The sales department held meetings with our regular and potential clients, the purpose of which was to identify all customs needs and wishes. This information is very important for us because it acts […]
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Earlier we considered a mixture of which materials is used in cement production. The base of this mixture is a clinker. In this article, we will consider the composition of clinker and its impact on grinding balls deterioration in milling process. Clinker (in cement industry) is transitional product in cement production. Upon heating mixture obtained from limestone (about 75%) and clay (about 25%) partial melting occurs and clinker granules are formed. Clinker and gypsum (about 5 %) are mixed and finely milled to obtain cement. Gypsum control the setting properties of the cement. It can be partially replaced by other forms of calcium sulfate. Some technical conditions allow adding other materials. A typical clinker has an approximate composition: CaO -67%, SiO2 – 22%, Al2O3 – 5%, Fe2O3 – 3%, and 3% of other components. The base minerals contained in clinker: Alite (C3S = 3CaO*SiO2) is a soft material, Mohs hardness is 3.2–3.4, the mineral is very fragile and easily damaged. Belite (C2S = 2CaO*SiO2) is the second major mineral of Portland cement clinker, it characterized by a slow hardening, but provides achieving high strength during long solidification of Portland cement. Mohs hardness is 5-6. The more belite, the harder to […]
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Staff’s uninterrupted professional development is one of the main factors for successful development of our company and increasing staff motivation. Therefore, we create such working conditions in which every employee can develop as a professional. Energostil is interested in the development of all its employees and offers a range of professional development opportunities, including trainings conducted by the European Business Association (EBA). 01/22/2019 MS Excel – Everything you need to know for successful work with data was held, which was moderated by Vyacheslav Sirotkin, trainer and consultant of EY Academy of Business Ukraine. The marketing analyst of the company attended this training. It is very important for the company that all employees are focused on results and are always open to new knowledge and experience.
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The main materials used in cement production are minerals containing calcium oxide, silex, alumina and iron oxide. These components are rarely found in one type of raw material; therefore, for the cement production the raw mix is selected for the following components: CARBONATE COMPONENT (rich in calx) is contained in the raw mix in a quantity of 76-80%: Limestone. Mohs hardness is 1.8-3.0. The older the geological fraction, the firmer. One of the varieties of lime spar is marble. Unlike limestone, it has a looser, earthy structure; therefore, it refers to specifically designed raw materials for wet production. Chalk is soft raw material, it does not require crushing. Marl is a limestone with admixtures of silex and clay substances, as well as iron oxide.It is a transitional stage to clay. The hardness of marl is lower than the hardness of limestone The more clay substances, the lower its hardness. This is an excellent raw material for cement production. Each of these materials has different grinding coefficient. The higher grinding coefficient, the more grinding of this material. The grinding factors for base raw materials in cement production are given in table below. Grind material Grinding coefficient Rotary kiln clinker 1.00 Shaft […]
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More photos at photo gallery Energosteel Company and Georgia enterprises have a long cooperation history and memories of industrial facilities or manufacturing sites visits. In November 2018 Georgia met us with usual hospitality and friendliness. Since 2009, our company has represented in this market and continues to establish new relationships. During the trip, we visited the largest mining enterprise in Georgia and one of the largest in Transcaucasia. We had the opportunity to discuss current work, as well as future plans for the development of our cooperation. This company always seeks ways to improve the quality of their final products, and pioneers in the increasing of the hardness group of grinding media. Our team also held a few important negotiations with enterprises in construction sector. It is the good news that our effective techniques for ball loading into the mill developed by our Technical Sales Support Department together with leading research institutes are well proven in this industry. After the meeting, positive comments were received from all companies, who highly appreciated our technical support, as well as qualified assistance in the field of grinding media applications. We conducted with not only existing partners, but also found new ones, thanks to […]
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In the middle of 2017 one of our partners began a major industrial test to track changes of the technological parameters of the factory while decreasing the average diameter of the grinding balls used in ball mills. The first eight months-long stage was the transition from the using of 100mm ball in the mills of the first grinding stage to 80mm steel ball. In order to avoid distortion of the results, the chemical composition of the steel, from which the 80 mm balls were made, had to be completely identical to the previously used grinding balls of diameter 100mm. The hardness values should also be identical. The test was conducted by the method of substitution. After eight months all indicators of the tested mill were analyzed. The experiment showed the following results: – Reduction of grinding balls consumption rate by 5-6%; – Improving of grinding quality – the content of the finished product in the discharge of the mill of the first grinding stage increased on an average 12%. Based on this experiment, the plant’s management decided to refit all mills of the first grinding stage for using grinding balls 80mm. The next stage of this large-scale industrial test was […]
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«Energostееl» was presented at the 8th Mining, MiningMachines&Equipment, ConstructionVehiclesFair or MiningTurkey 2018, which was held from December 13 to 16, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey, represented by our long-time partners, PROSES MUHENDISLIK DANISMANLIK INSAAT VE TASARIM A.S. This exhibition helps the mining sector to receive effective, competitive and sustainable marketing assistance, develop business and make new links. We express our deep gratitude to our partners, PROSES MUHENDISLIK DANISMANLIK INSAAT VE TASARIM A.S.for the quality presentation of our company and our products at this exhibition.
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As it was published earlier in the article “Key differences between ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 9001:2008”, on September 15th, 2018, there was introduced the new standard DSTU ISO 9001:2015 replacing the old DSTU ISO 9001:2009. At Energosteel, the transition process to the revised standard was launched in February 2018. The transition plan was divided into three stages: Reviewing DSTU ISO 9001:2015 and making the summary of changes between 2008 and 2015 versions of the standard Developing a primary quality control document, which is the Quality Management Policy, in accordance with DSTU ISO 9001:2015 Introducing the new quality standard and conducting training for employees At the beginning of September 2018, a state company Kharkivstandartmetrologiya conducted a recertification audit for Energosteel Plant LLC and, as a result, issued a certificate # UA 8О072.33671383.1-2018, dd September 14th, 2018. The given certificate confirms that Energosteel’s quality management system meets the requirements of DSTU ISO 9001:2015 “Quality Management System”. Thus, Energosteel may be proudly called a reliable international supplier of high quality grinding media.
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In October 2018 representatives of Energosteel company visited our long-term partners in Romania. Romanian market is interesting for our company, because there are many construction enterprises, which specialized on aerated concrete production, as well as several companies of mine industry there. Our first delivery to Romania was made in 2013. 5 years later, we achieved stable monthly shipments. That fact characterized Energosteel company as reliable partner, who supply quality product. The main purpose of the business trip was to identify requests and wishes of our clients, as well as to discuss ways and methods of improving our collaboration. The same visits representatives of Energosteel company usually try to make once a year in all directions, in order to improve quality of our company work and be correspond to growing needs of our clients. Being in step with the times, expanding our capabilities, perfecting our work and not standing still are important principles of the Energosteel work.
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Last week we received a very pleasant visit of our partner who is represent one of the world’s largest holdings in the sector of supplying products from the chemical and metallurgical industry to mining and metallurgical enterprises.This company operates a global network with more than 530 locations in 73 countries. We started our cooperation with them in 2015 and by the help of them have successfully increased our sales at Scandinavian market. During the factory tour our guest learned about our production processes and quality control methods. Representative of the company also visited our own storage facilities of finished-products and raw materials. Our production director showed him the new production line and impact drop machine. This event also was an opportunity to negotiate our current work and future growth plans. We are delighted that our customer has visited our operations, to see for himselves how we provide the consistent quality of our products. The feedback from the guest has been consistently enthusiastic and positive. I hope we may continue to strengthen the partnership and cooperation between us in a future.
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As it is known, ISO 9001 is one of the international standards issued by the International Organization for Standardization that sets requirements for the enterprise quality management systems. In Ukraine, this standard is called DSTU ISO 9001 “Quality Management System” and is, in fact, a copy of the international standard. Today, a certified ISO 9001 quality management system is one of the essential requirements for products delivery to final consumers, in particular internationally. The functioning ISO 9001 quality management system immediately characterizes a supplier as a reliable business partner. Until recently, in Ukraine, there was applied DSTU ISO 9001:2008 standard. However, starting September 15th, 2018, DSTU ISO 9001:2015 standard has come into force. What are the key differences between the new and the old standard? In ISO 9001:2015, the standards structure and terms are adjusted for better compatibility with the other management systems. There is no binding requirement in regard to the terms used by an enterprise to correspond to the terms in ISO 9001:2015. Now, organizations are free to decide whether they find it necessary to document policies for various types of activities and to choose the form of documentation. However, organizations are required to argue why some activities […]
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More than once, we have mentioned that Energosteel specialists come into regular contact with various research organizations. These research institutions specifically specialize in grinding various materials. Hence, while selecting valuable information for our readers, we came across a research report presented at the Belgorod cement conference in 2012. The research was aimed at developing methods of mill loading with grinding balls that would provide the finest grinding without loss or increase in mill’s output while maintaining the grinding quality. As is generally known, the effect of the grinding balls on the material to be ground is carried out via a shock compression impulse (SCI). The SCI value could be quantitatively expressed by means of the ratio between the mass of the grinding media in the mill and the mass of the concurrently ground material. This ratio can be determined by the following formula: where: mg.b.– the mass of the grinding balls, kg; mc.g.m. – the mass of the concurrently ground material, kg; The picture shows the balls distribution in the mill under normal load. With such laying out of the balls of the same diameter, the volume is distributed as follows: 52% goes to grinding balls, 48% is a void […]
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The grinding process is the most energy-intensive part of the production chain for all enterprises. In this regard, each enterprise seeks to lower grinding costs by installing high-capacity ball mills (taking into account plants’ working areas). The grinding capacity of a mill is directly related to its geometrical dimensions. As larger the volume of the mill is, as greater its productivity should be. The largest mills have proven to be used at ore-processing plants. The largest mill seen by Energosteel’s specialists was the first-stage grinder at one of the Russian ore-processing plants. It was 5,500×6,500 in size and had a working load of 270 tons of grinding balls. Recently, an ore-processing plant located in Kazakhstan broke all the records. This plant’s ball mills are really huge. The plant’s enrichment scheme includes two types of grinding mills – a SAG mill (semi-self-grinding) and a BALL mill (ball grinding). The semi-self-grinding mill (SAG) is 12.192 m in diameter and 7.01 m in length. Its capacity 898 cubic meters. The operating load is 626 tons. The mill is fed 125 mm grinding balls. The ball mill (BALL grinding) is 8.34 m in diameter and 13.26 m in length. Its capacity 782.06 cubic meters. […]
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