According to the data, issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in the January to July period of the current year Ukraine registered a 16.1% increase YoY in its long steel product imports to 244,100 tons. In July Ukraine’s long steel product imports decreased by 16.7% MoM to 36,120 tons.In the January to July period Ukrainian…
Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NFP), Ukraine’s biggest ferroalloy producer, may suspend output by the end of the year unless the government takes steps to lower power prices and restrict ferroalloy imports.NFP, which already reduced output by 12.4% in July, will shut down three ferroalloy making furnaces in September after shutting down five earlier this year.The company…
In the first seven months of the current year Ukraine’s scrap exports decreased by 14% YoY to 353,980 tons.In July Ukraine’s scrap exports decreased by 35.8% compared to June to 38,140 tons. In January to July Ukrainian exports of pig iron increased by 20.4% YoY to 1.022 million tons.In July exports of pig iron from…
Ukraine’s steel production fell by 4.9% to 22.01 million tons in January to August compared to the same period in 2011. (SteelGuru)