Interpipe launches steel billet sales

Ukrainian steel pipe and railway wheel producer Interpipe has announced the launch of steel billet sales, produced by Interpipe Steel electric steel-melting complex. The steel billet mill, commissioned in 2012, produces round continuously cast billets for pipe and wheel steel grades with diameters ranging between 150 and 470 mm. The mill has already shipped trial lots…

Ukrainian ferroalloy output down by 22.4% in January-September 2013

In January-September Ukraine’s ferroalloy production decreased by 22.4% compared to the same period last year to 623,500 tons, according to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers (UkrFA). In the given period Ukraine’s silicomanganese output decreased by 17.3% to 455,800 tons, while its ferromanganese production declined by 55.3% to 60,200 tons, both year on year. In…