According to the Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers Association, Ukraine boosted ferroalloy output 73.7% YoY in January to August to 964,900 tons.As per report, silicomanganese production grew by 57.4% to 629,600 tons, ferromanganese – by 210% to 196,200 tons, 45%-ferrosilicon – by 54.8% to 129,600 tons and manganese metal by 2.2% to 9,500 tons.Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant, the…
According to Ukrainian Association of Secondary Metals (UAVtormet), in 2010 Ukraine is expected to increase its scrap exports by 1.9% YoY to 0.9 million tons, adding that in 2011 the country exports may fall if the government cancels the value-added tax on scrap transactions.On September 3rd the Cabinet of Ministers submitted a revised draft of…
It is reported that Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky (DMKD), a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steelmaker Industrial Union of Donbass, has begun preparations for the reconstruction of its section rolling shop within the framework of which it will install a new rebar and wire rod mill supplied by the Italian plant…
It is reported that Donetskstal Group, the owner of Yasinovka Coke Plant, is negotiating with US Steel for coke supplies. The supplies are to be made to USS steel mills in Serbia and Slovakia with overall coke needs of 1.2 million tons per annum.According to Millennium Capital analyst “The news is Positive for YASK UK.…
In January to August Ukraine increased its electric power consumption, including technical losses in networks, by 10.2% YoY to 119.8 billion kWh. Meanwhile, excluding technical losses, the country’s power consumption went up by 11% YoY to 96.8 billion kWh.In the first eight months of this year, Ukraine’s industry increased its power consumption by 14.9% YoY…
According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, following month on month decreases in the previous three months, in August Ukraine’s average daily pig iron output registered a growth of 8.3% or 5,400 tons compared to July to 70,200 tons.In the first 13 days of September the country’s average daily pig iron output increased…
Mr. Vasily Kharahulah, MD of Ukrainian steelmakers association Metallurgprom (Dniepropetrovsk), says steel companies of Ukraine plan to increase steel smelting by 11.3% in comparison with September program to 3.06 million tons.At the balance meeting with mining and metals industry representatives in Dnepropetrovsk he explained October program assumed increase in pig iron production by 12.8% to…
According to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in the first eight months of 2010 Ukraine’s imports of rolled steel products increased by 93.2% YoY amounting to 892,805 tons. In August Ukraine’s imports of rolled steel products saw a 14.4% increase compared to July and a 97.9% increase compared…