Ukraine: NZF output down in December 2015
In December Ukraine’s largest ferroalloys manufacturer – Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant – produced 3.2 thousand tons of ferromanganese, down by 8.6% MoM, or by 0.3 thousand tons.
In December Ukraine’s largest ferroalloys manufacturer – Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant – produced 3.2 thousand tons of ferromanganese, down by 8.6% MoM, or by 0.3 thousand tons.
In 2015 major Ukrainian companies produced 852.4 thousand tons of pipes, down by 39.4% YoY. In December 2015 pipe output totaled 75.4 thousand tons, with 69.7 thousand tons in November.
In December 2015 Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after Dzerzhinsky, a part of the Industrial Union of Donbass, wasn’t able to reach its output target due to the lack of coke, iron ore and scrap.
The Lviv customs office lost 4 million UAH for each day the miners were blocking Lviv – Rava-Russkaya road.
Lviv region miners are prepared to continue their strikes, if their salary debts of 120 million UAH are not cleared by January 21.
DTEK Pavlogradugol still holds the title of the leading coal miner in Ukraine: in 2015 it mined 18.8 million tons of coal, almost half of the total coal output.
In 2015 Ukraine mined 80.37 million tons of iron ore, down by 2% YoY, including 66.81 million tons of iron ore concentrate, down by 2%.
In 2015 Dneprospetsstal (Zaporozhye) increased product output by 38.2% YoY, to 6866.89 million UAH.