In January-February Ukrainian ferroalloy companies increased their output by 51.7%, to 172.2 thousand tons, YoY. In particular, silicomanganese production went up by 34.4%, to 125.8 thousand tons, ferromanganese manufacture increased by 27.2%, to 17.3 thousand tons, while ferrosilicon output rose 4.6 times, to 29.1 thousand tons. In addition to that manganese concentrate output increased by…
In 2013 ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih increased its carbon steel output by 0.2%, to 6.43 million tons, YoY. Pig iron production decreased by 0.1%, to 5.6 million tons, while rolled metal output went up by 1.2%, to 5.66 million tons. December 2013 was one of the most productive months for the company. Pig iron, steel and…
Energomashspetsstal (EMSS) is to produce a large batch of rolls for the largest metal corporation ArcelorMittal. The rolls will be supplied to four metal works of the Falt Carbon Europe group: ArcelorMittal Poland, ArcelortMittal Fos-sur-Mer (France), ArcelorMittal Bremen (Germany) and ArcelorMittal Gent (Belgium). EMSS will produce rolls for hot-rolled mills with the total weight of…
In 2014 Kremenchuk Steel Works plans to increase its output by 36.5%, or 25.6 thousand tons, to 96 thousand tons, as compared with 2013. But the company’s plans might change due to the market situation. The works had to stop from February 22 till March 15 due to the sales problems. Kremenchuk Steel Works is…
Ukrainian steel exporters are desperately trying to find new markets, such as North Africa, as the weak currency suffered from the crisis and dropped rolled wire prices to the 3.5 years minimum. Ukraine, the second largest steel rolled wire exporter in the world, has recently supplied this material to Algeria, while the rolled wire prices…
In January-February Ukraine decreased steel output by 10%, to 4.89 million tons, YoY. Rolled metal output decreased by 8%, to 4.4 million tons. Pig iron production dropped by 5%, to 4.54 million tons. Coke output in January-February decreased by 3%, to 2.83 million tons. In 2013 metal companies produced 29.11 million tons of pig iron,…
In February the South Mining and Processing Works (UGOK) increased its concentrate output by 8.16%, to 871.8 thousand tons, YoY.Sinter output in February decreased by 8.9%, to 210 thousand tons. Sinter output decrease is explained by the sinter machine overhaul. The overhaul will result in the increase of the sinter quality. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-February 2014 Zaporizhstal increased its pig iron output by 0.3%, to 528.2 thousand tons, that of steel – by 0.2%, to 626.5 thousand tons, and rolled metal by 4.9%, to 555.6 thousand tons, all YoY.In February the works produced 244.5 thousand tons of pig iron, 289.6 thousand tons of steel and 263.2 thousand tons…