Ukraine: ministry accuses DTEK of not buying state coal
Beginning with April 11, without the official statement, DTEK Zapadenergo decreased acceptance of state coal from 3 thousand tons to 800-900 thousand tons per day.
Ukraine: Centravis pipes strength tested
Centravis Production Ukraine pipes have successfully passed strength tests under Bureau Veritas supervision.
Ukraine: UGOK puts sintering machine #5 into operation
Yuzny Mining and Processing Works has put its sintering machine #5 into operation after a major overhaul valued at 35 million UAH.
Ukraine: Metinvest starts producing boron-containing steel sheet
Metinvest enlarges its range of boron-containing rolled steel by starting producing 2.5 mm thick sheet.
Ukraine: DSS output down in Q1 2016
In January-March Dneprospetsstal produced 51442 tons of steel and 33028 tons of rolled metal, down by 9.9% and 11.1% YoY respectively.
Ukraine: EMSS to produce rolls for India
Energomashspetsstal has concluded an agreement with Salem Steel Plant (India) to supply four supporting rolls for hot-rolled mill weighing 106.5 tons.
Ukraine: metal results for Q1 2016
In May Ukraine will produce 2.2 million tons of steel, 2.1 million tons of pig iron and 1.9 million tons of rolled metal, according to Metallurgprom. For April its figures were as follows: steel – 2.1 million tons, pig iron – 2 million tons, rolled metal – 1.8 million tons.
Ukraine: gas consumption down in Q1 2016
In January-March Ukrainian metal companies consumed 460 million cubic meters of natural gas, down by 21% YoY.