In January to November Ukrainian exports of steel products did not see any changes compared to the same period of last year remaining at 21.880 million tons. In November alone, Ukraine’s steel product exports increased by 2.7% compared to October to 2.008 million tons.In the first 11 months of the current year Ukraine registered a…
In January to November of the current year Ukrainian exports of semi-finished steel products decreased by 8.1% YoY to 9.724 million tons.In the January to November period Ukraine exported 5.113 million tons of steel slabs, down by 0.3%, while exports of square billets dropped by 16.8% YoY to 4.520 million tons. Meanwhile, exports of semi-finished…
The Ukrainian parliament has forecast a 3.8% growth in domestic pig iron production in 2012 compared to the expected results for 2011, increasing to 30 million tons.Production of steel is predicted to increase by 3.4% YoY in 2012 to 36 million tons. Output of coke and coal in Ukraine in 2012 may fall by 7.7%…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass, has stopped its continuous casting billet mill No 1 for capital repairs.The mill was stopped on December 19 and the repairs are expected to be completed within five days. The company plans to inspect equipment…
According to Mr. Vasyl Kharakhulakh, director general of the Metallurgprom association of Ukraine’s metallurgical enterprises, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises finished January-October 2011 with a negative financial result from ordinary activities before tax of 1.9 billion UAH while during the same period last year it was 2.7 billion UAH.He said that the profitability of metallurgical enterprises for…
According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in January next year Ukrainian crude steel production will decline to 2.82 million tons.According to Metallurgprom’s forecast, pig iron output in Ukraine will total 2.370 million tons in January, while production of rolled steel in the month is expected to be 2.510 million tons.In the first…
Ukrainian metals companies cut gas consumption by 5.8%, or 24 million cubic meters, in November compared to October to 388 million cubic meters.Average daily natural gas consumption by metals companies in November came to 12.9 million cubic meters. (Ukrainian Journal)
ArcelorMittal’s Ukrainian unit said steel output fell last month, extending a decline in production this year following repair work at the Kryvyi Rih plant.Volumes dropped to 531,600 tons in November from 565,700 tons a year earlier. Output in October totaled 527,900 tons.Output for the first 11 months of the year shrank to 5.15 million tons…