It is reported that Ukrainian crude steel output in November registered a slight decrease with domestic steelmakers producing 2.85 million tons, down by 1.1% MoM. November performance was mainly driven by increased production of Ukraine’s largest mills, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih and Metinvest’s two flagship mills, Azovstal and Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works, which expanded their…
It is reported that Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works plans to commission the blast furnace 3 in July 2011, thereby increasing its pig iron output capacity from 2.5 million tons to 3.7 million tons per year. The company has incurred $40 million CAPEX in 2010 to achieve this goal together with converter workshop modernization and…
According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in November Ukraine’s average daily pig iron output continued its positive trend, registering an increase of 2.12% or 1,600 tons, compared to October, to 77,100 tons.However, in the first six days of December the country average daily pig iron output decreased to 75,400 tons.According to Metallurgprom…
It is reported that in November the Ukrainian steel industry kept its natural gas consumption almost unchanged compared to the previous month at 450 million cubic meters, with the average daily consumption of natural gas during the month totaling 15 million cubic meters – up from 14.7 million cubic meters in October.According to the Ukrainian…
According to Mr. Sergey Belenky, deputy minister of industrial policy of Ukraine, Ukrainian steelmaking companies plan to increase pig iron output by 4.8% to 28.5 million tons, steel smelting by 5.6% to 34 million tons and finished steel by 5.6% to 32 million tons in 2011.The expected production in 2010, according to the Ministry data,…
It is reported that in October Ukraine’s flat steel product exports decreased by 9% MoM and by 13% YoY to 505,340 tons valued at about $323 million.Specifically, in October Ukraine’s exports of hot-rolled steel went down by 13% MoM to 406,590 tons, of which 73,270 tons were delivered to Poland, 56,930 tons were exported to…
It is reported that in October Ukraine’s flat steel product imports were down by 5% MoM, but increased by 50% YoY to 72,170 tons valued at $79.16 million.In particular, Ukraine’s imports of hot-rolled steel in October went up by 54% MoM to 10,910 tons, its imports of cold-rolled steel went down by 40% MoM to…
For 10 months of 2010 Metinvest-Ukraine, a wholesale distribution channel of Metinvest Steel and Rolled products division sales service, increased its shipments of steel products to CIS countries by 90%, up to 135,000 tons compared with 71,000 tons in the previous year.In 2010 Metinvest-Ukraine managed to have substantially increased the sales volume, shipments to Central…