Ukraine decreases metal output in January-April 2014

In January-April Ukrainian metal companies produced 10.08 million tons of carbon steel, down by 8.8% YoY. At the same time pig iron manufacture decreased by 2.7%, to 9.41 million tons, while rolled metal production dropped by 8.5%, to 8.98 million tons. In 2013 Ukrainian metal companies increased rolled metal output by 0.3%, to 29.03 million…

Ukraine decreases pipe output in Q1 2014

In January-March major pipe companies of Ukraine produced 337.1 thousand tons of ferrous metals pipes, down by 15.4% YoY. In March pipe output was on the level of 135.7 thousand tons, up by 17.5% MoM. Khartsyzsk Pipe Works has dramatically decreased its pipe output from 47.5 thousand tons in the first quarter of 2013 to…

In March 2014 NZF drops output

In March the major Ukrainian ferroalloys manufacturer – Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NZF) – produced 3.3 thousand tons of ferromanganese, down by 34%, or 1.7 thousand tons, MoM. At the same time NZF decreased its silicomanganese output by 0.8%, or 0.3 thousand tons, to 39.2 thousand tons. In January-March NZF produced 11.5 thousand tons of ferromanganese,…

March 2014 witnessed ferroalloys output decrease

In March companies decreased ferroalloys output by 3.1%, or 2.8 thousand tons, to 87.2 thousand tons MoM. According to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers, in January-March companies increased ferroalloys output by 42.2%, or by 77.2 thousand tons, to 260.2 thousand tons, YoY. In February Ukrainian companies increased ferroalloys output by 8.4%, or by 7…