According to Mr. Sergei Belenky, Ukraine’s Senior Deputy Minister of Industrial Policy, in 2010 Ukraine is expected to produce 27.2 million tons of pig iron, 32.2 million tons of crude steel and 30.2 million tons of finished steel products.He said that currently the capacity utilization in Ukraine’s steel production stands at 71.4%, while average daily…
It is reported that Donetsk Electrometallurgical Plant (DEMZ) in January to October increased its steel smelting volume by 45% YoY to 626,600 tons.According to the company, since April it has been operating at stable levels, with its steel output amounting to an average of 87,200 tons per month, which corresponds to its designed capacity. In…
According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in October Ukraine’s average daily pig iron output continued its positive trend, which started in August, registering an increase of about 1%, or 700 tons, compared to September to 75,500 tons. In the first ten days of November the country’s average daily pig iron output increased…
NRCU cites Mr. Serhiy Bilenky, Deputy Industrial Policy Minister, as saying that Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises may face problems with the export of steel products after 2015 due to a gradual reduction in supplies to Turkey.Mr. Bilenky said “We are currently supplying a significant part of steel products to Turkey. Turkey has been actively developing its…
It is reported that Donetskstal Metallurgical Plant increased the open-hearth steel production by 22.2%, or by 8,000 tons, to 44,000 tons in October compared to September. This was reported by the spokesman in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. In October Donetskstal reduced pig iron production by 8.1%, or 9000 tons, to 102,000 tons. Donetskstal reduced…
It is reported that in October the Ukrainian steel industry increased its natural gas consumption by 50 million cubic meters MoM – to 456 million cubic meters with its average daily consumption of natural gas during the month totaling 14.7 million cubic meters, up from 13.5 million cubic meters in September.According to the Ukrainian association…
According to preliminary data, in January to October ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, a Ukraine-based subsidiary of the world largest integrated metals and mining company ArcelorMittal, saw its crude steel production increase by 26.8% YoY to 5.1 million tons.During the first ten months of the year ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih produced: 4.453 million tons of finished steel, up…
It is reported that in January to September Ukraine’s imports of ferroalloys decreased by 20.7% YoY to 76,070 tons, while its exports went up by 65.4% YoY to 826,270 tons.In September Ukraine’s ferroalloy imports decreased by 46.6% MoM and by 45.4% YoY to 4,700 tons. Specifically, in September Ukraine’s ferrosilicomanganese imports decreased by 53.2% MoM…
