Azovstal Iron and Steel Works has passed the compliance certification for the right to produce transport metal (railway wide gauge rails, tie plates and joint bars) in accordance with the requirements established by the national system UkrSEPRO. The audit was conducted by the specialists of the state enterprise Kharkov Railway Transport Certification Authority.On September 18th-20th…
The pilot-industrial complex “Zheltye Vody”, a part of the “Metal Union” group, started to export iron ore concentrate to Slovakia. In the second quarter of 2013 the company supplied 20 thousand tons of iron ore concentrate. A number of metallurgical works from Eastern European countries and China are interested in the products of the company.…
The mining and processing works (MPW) have released the production data for 8 months. In January-August the Poltava MPW increased the iron ore concentrate output by 11.8%. In the given period it produced 8.63 million tons of iron ore concentrate and 7.07 million tons of pellets, up by 11.5% YoY. The Ingulets MPW has retained…
UKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR32.1961* min max July 496.95 590.13 August 496.95 590.13 Month Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH7.9898* min max July 563.22 588.25 August 563.22 588.25 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 31.08.13 according to the National Bank of…
In October Ukraine’s crude steel production is expected to decrease by 4.8% compared to August to 2.670 million tons. In October pig iron output in Ukraine will total 2.480 million tons, down by 0.9% compared to the August results, while Ukrainian production of rolled steel is expected to total 2.45 million tons, down by 0.1%…
In the January-August period this year Ukraine’s ferroalloy production decreased by 23% compared to the same period last year to 551,000 tons. In the given period Ukraine’s silicomanganese output decreased by 15.8% to 405,250 tons, while its ferromanganese production declined by 54.7% to 55,700 tons, both year on year. Specifically, in the first eight months…
In the January-August period of this year Ukraine’s exports of iron ore increased by 7% year on year to 25.3 million tons. Meanwhile, exports of iron ore from Ukraine increased by 4.7% in August compared to July, rising to 3 million tons. In the January-August period Ukrainian imports of iron ore increased by 22% year…
In the first eight months of the current year the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 4.2302 million tons, up by 0.4% year on year, as announced by the company. In addition, in the first eight months of the year ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih saw…