It is reported that in the January to August period of the current year the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 4.2 million tons, up by 16.4% YoY.In the first eight months of the year ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih registered a 12.5% increase YoY in…
In the January to July period of the current year Ukraine’s imports of rolled steel products increased by 17.9% YoY to 1.023 million tons including tube products.In July Ukraine’s rolled steel product imports increased by 12.9% MoM to 145,100 tons. (SteelOrbis)
Ukrainian crude steel production fell by 5% YoY in January to August to 22.01 million tons.Mr. Vasily Kharakhulakh, general director of the Metallurgprom association, said roll production fell by 7% to 19.681 million tons and pig iron output was flat at 19.083 million tons.He said he thought Ukraine would produce roughly as much steel as…
In August 2012 performance indices of Zaporizhstal improved as compared with July 2012. Volume gain in production of iron, steel and roll stock had been caused mainly by introduction of organizational and technological arrangements. The average daily hot metal production in August increased to 8,830 tons from 8,750 tons in the previous 7 months of 2012.Coke…
On September 5th, 2012 the EU ruled to reduce the anti-dumping duties on seamless pipes, manufactured at Interpipe mills. As such, duties on imports of Interpipe seamless pipes to EU countries decreased to 13.8%.The legislation review by the European Commission and the European Court has been running since 2006. In 2011 Interpipe filed a request…
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, one of Ukrainian largest steel producers, reported about the completion of repairs on the plate rolling shop 3000.A complete plate rolling shop overhaul took 15 days and was completed on September 10. The previous repair took place in November 2011. (Phoenix capital)
Interpipe Group won a reduction of more than a fifth in a European Union steel-pipe tariff because the EU found the company had reduced price undercutting.The EU lowered the import duty applying to two Interpipe units – Interpipe Niko Tube and Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant OJSC – to 13.8% from 17.7%. The levy is…
Most Ukrainian steel majors reduced finished roll production in January to June 2012.ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih, the country’s biggest steel mill, raised roll production tentatively by 14.1% YoY to 3.581 million tons. But Azovstal Iron and Steel Works said it reduced roll output 22.5% YoY to 2.847 million tons, Zaporizhstal reduced it by 3.1% to 2.068…