It is reported that the Ukrainian cabinet of ministers has prolonged until the end of 2009 the MoU with the country’s mining and metallurgical companies, stipulating that the benefits will be granted if the companies reduce their prices for the domestic market to levels not higher than their export prices.According to the cabinet of ministers…
Metinvest announced that in the H1 2009 Ukrainian internal market of steel trading was characterized by consumption decrease, growing share of distributing company’s increase of retail sales from metal centers at general sales volume and greater market share of large traders.Mr Dmitriy Nikolayenko CEO of Metinvest-SMC at the annual Sales Conference, Steel and Rolled Products…
Rusmet reported that Zaporozhstal is probably the only large steel works in the world working on open hearth furnaces while the others move to oxygen converter and electric arc furnaces.A move to new technologies means great investments but at Zaporozhstal do not remembered when was the last modernization. It is natural that products produce by…
Ukrainian Journal reported that the outlook for Ukraine steel industry is improving, even though output could fall 20% to 24% in 2009.The signs that the industry decline slowing was first detected in May.The latest figures from the Industrial Policy Ministry suggest the decline has bottomed out, with roll production falling 34%YoY to 12.354 million tonnes…
Ukrainian Journal cited Mr Vasyl Kharakhulakh director general of the Dnipropetrovsk based Metalurgprom industrial association as saying that daily metal production at Ukrainian steel mills grew in June and July and in August the upward trend has continued.He said that “Daily average cast iron production in July against June grew by 9,000 tonnes or 13.4%…
According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in June to July 2009, Ukrainian steel producers gradually increased their average daily pig iron output and they are expected to continue this positive trend throughout August.In July, Ukraine’s average daily pig iron output increased by 13.4%MoM i.e. by 9,000 tonnes to 76,200 tonnes while in…
According to the statistics released by Ukrainian Metallurgprom, Ukrainian steel makers increased daily output of crude steel gradually from January to July and it is expected to remain increasing in August. Ukrainian total output of crude steel from January to July was 14.332 million tonnes which was decreased by 33.6%YoY as compared to the same…
