Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has finished repairs of its sintering machine No. 4. According to the company CEO Yuzi Zinchenko the overhaul was completed in 30 days. In 2015 the works received 1.58 billion UAH of losses, having increased its net income by 11% YoY, or by 3.11 billion UAH, to 31.54 billion…
Energomashspetsstal plans to supply back-up rolls with the total weight of over 140 tons to the iron and steel works of ArcelorMittal in France and Germany. In particular, Ukrainian rolls will go to АМ Atlantique et Lorraine – Florange and АМ Eisenhuttenstadt. They will be used in two different cold-rolling mills: continuous-casting and temper mill.…
NLMK Group, an international steel company with operations in Russia, the United States, and the European Union, has signed an additional agreement to its contract with Novatek for the supply of natural gas to the Lipetsk site. Similar additional agreements to contracts for the supply of natural gas to NLMK Group’s other key Russian production…
Azovstal Iron and Steel Works has put its blast furnace No. 6 into operation after capital repairs valued at 60 million UAH. “The furnace was put on hold for an overhaul on July 25”, said the company CEO Enver Tsikishvili. The repairs lasted for 22 days. In 2015 Azovstal received 1.83 billion UAH of losses,…
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa believes local ferrous scrap prices will fall in Q4 by 4.76% QoQ, or by 170 UAH per ton, to 3.4 thousand UAH per ton. “In Q3 the average price will total 3570 UAH per ton, and will drop to 3.4 thousand UAH in Q4”, says the enterprise marketing department head Yuri…
In July Ukraine produced 69 thousand tons of steel pipes, up by 1.5% MoM, or by 1 thousand tons. In January-June steel pipes output dropped by 5.8% YoY, or by 29 thousand tons, to 467 thousand tons. In June Ukraine produced 68 thousand tons of steel pipes, down by 4.2% MoM, or by 3 thousand…
Repair of flue gas stack No. 1 and restoring repair of main smelting unit, Vanukov furnace No. 2, commenced at Copper Plant. Activities will last for ten days. According to the production process the repair of flue gas stack (treated off-gas from Vanukov furnaces is discharged through stack No. 1) is associated with repair of…
In July Ukraine produced 2075 thousand tons of pig iron, up by 17.6% MoM, or by 310 thousand tons. In January-July pig iron output increased by 16.3% YoY, or by 1965 thousand tons, to 14002 thousand tons. In June Ukraine produced 1765 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 21.4% MoM, or by 481 thousand…