Steel output at Ukraine’s plants owned by Metinvest Holding rose by 8% YoY in January to July to 8.5 million tons.Metinvest, Ukraine’s largest mining and metals group, which is owned by the country richest man Rinat Akhmetov, operates three steel plants located in eastern Ukraine.The company also increased its pig iron production by 6% to…
It is reported that Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works (ENMZ) increased net losses in H1 2011 by 29% YoY to $78 million, but cut them in half QoQ to $26 million in Q2. Azovstal Iron and Steel Works (AZST) posted $19 million in net losses in H1 2011 after recording $12 million in net profit…
According to the data for the first half of the current year, Ukraine’s steel pipe exports increased by 58.1% YoY to 880,060 tons worth a total of $1.070 billion. In June Ukraine’s steel pipe exports rose by 10.1% compared to May reaching 141,990 tons.In the first six months of 2011 Ukraine registered a 42.6% YoY…
According to the data for the first six months of the current year, Ukraine’s metal product exports increased by 3.1%YoY to 12.587 million tons. In June Ukraine’s metal product exports declined by 2.2% compared to May to 2.43 million tons.In the given period, Ukraine registered a 9.7% YoY increase in its metal product imports to…
According to the data for the first half of the current year, Ukraine’s pig iron exports decreased by 1.9% YoY to 756,340 tons worth a total of $346.83 million.In June alone Ukraine’s pig iron exports rose by 26.5% compared to May, reaching 127,020 tons worth a total of $60.82 million. The main consumer of Ukrainian…
Leading steel pipe and railway wheels maker Interpipe has supplied seamless construction pipes to Bladt (Denmark). Bladt Industries is one of the leading manufacturers in the European market of wind turbines for offshore wind power generators. The volume of pipes supplied is 1,200 tons.Interpipe pipes will ultimately be used for the construction of wind power…
The Customs Union Commission ruled on July 20 to apply anti-dumping customs duties to metallurgical imports. Many of these imports are from Ukraine, whose government recently rejected Moscow’s proposal to become a member in its trade bloc.The Ukrainian products to be affected are metal fasteners and pipes. These anti-dumping measures had already been in place…
In 2011 Ukrainian metallurgical companies will increase production of flat steel by 5-8% compared to 2010 to 9.6-9.8 million tons, while the output of long products may go up by 5-7% compared to 2010 to 8.5-8.7 million tons.In 2011 Ukraine will import around 0.75-0.8 million tons of flat steel worth $910-940 million compared to 0.834…