Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, a major metals trader, reported that demand for rolled metal products in Ukraine fell by 2.9% YoY in the first quarter of 2012 to 1.693 million tons.Mr. Vitaliy Kliuchnik, the company deputy CEO for sales, said “We estimate the Ukrainian market for rolled metal products amounted to 1.693 million tons…
Ukrainian steelmaker Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass, has stated that it plans to increase crude steel production in the current year by 10.9% YoY compared to 2011 to 3.551 million tons.In 2012 its production of pig iron will rise by…
In the January to March period of 2012 Ukraine’s exports of steel products decreased by 11.3% YoY to 5.414 million tons. In March Ukraine’s steel product exports increased by 19.2% compared to February to 1.818 million tons. In the first three months of the current year Ukraine registered a 62.7% increase YoY in its steel…
In the first three months of 2012 Ukraine’s scrap exports increased by 82% YoY to 123,900 tons.In March Ukraine’s scrap exports rose by 25.2% compared to February to 34,300 tons. In the first three months of the current year Ukraine’s scrap imports decreased by 58.5% compared to January to March 2011 to 19,500 tons. (SteelGuru)
In January to March 2012 Ukrainian exports of pig iron increased by 4.4% YoY to 352,100 tons.In March exports of pig iron from Ukraine decreased by 17.9% compared to February to 86,700 tons. In January to March Ukrainian imports of pig iron decreased by 86.6% YoY to 8,000 tons. (SteelGuru)