Interfax-Ukraine reported that Ukraine steel industry reduced finished roll output 23% YoY in January to October to 21.708 million tons.The industry cut roll output 34% YoY in January to July, 30% in January to August and 27% in January to September, so the latest figures indicate that the severe decline in the industry is still…
The Ukrainian pipe and railway wheel producer Interpipe Corporation has announced that it has delivered electric welded pipes of 426 mm diameter for the construction of an underwater gas pipeline in the bay of Sevastopol, Ukraine.The overall accumulative length of the pipes used in the gas pipeline construction will reach 5 kilometers. The pipe shipment…
According to Mr. Sergey Grischenko, Deputy Minister of Ukraine, as he announced during the plenary session of Ukrainian part of the inter-governmental Ukrainian-Chinese commission on industrial and trade cooperation, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises in January to August this year supplied 1.7 million tons of rolled steel to China whereas in the same period of last year…
According to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, during January to September 2009 Ukraine imports of steel products registered a decline of 64.4% YoY to 527,900 tons.Accordingly, during the period in question, the biggest decreases YoY in imports in the Ukrainian steel market were registered by shaped sections; imports…
According to the data issued by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in January to September 2009 Ukraine steel market was down by 41.1% YoY to about 4.165 million tons.During the period in question, the share of imports in the domestic market decreased from 20% YoY to 12% YoY amounting to 527,900 tons…
According to Mr. Sergey Grishchenko, Ukrainian deputy minister of industrial policy, Ukraine expects in November this year to maintain its output of crude steel at the October level.Mr. Grishchenko said over the first 23 days of October Ukraine average daily crude steel output reached 90,000 tons. He said that “Thus, we can already say that…
According to the data issued by the Ukrainian Metal Traders Association, in January to September 2009 the country rolled steel consumption was down by 45.4% YoY to approximately 3.695 million tons. Meanwhile, during the period in question, imports of rolled products to Ukraine went down by 70.7% YoY to 463,904 tons.Accordingly, in January to September…
Mr. Boiko, CEO of Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, in an interview with Radio “Liberty” said that the situation in the Ukrainian steel industry will become worse in the next four months. He told that “The reason is an increase in production in the previous few months which has not been supported by a…