ArcelorMittal Temirtau has completed the capital repairs of its blast furnace No. 4. The volume of the new furnace increased from 3200 cubic meters to 3400 cubic meters. And the first pig iron has already been produced. The furnace will reach its project capacity in 2 weeks. “This will allow us to increase pig iron…
In October Ukraine exported $152.64 million worth of iron ore, with imports on the level of $4.82 million. According to the State Fiscal Service, the main consumer of iron ore in October was China ($39.29 million). In January-October Ukraine exported $1421.4 million worth of iron ore, while imports reached $67.17 million. (Ukrainian metal)
Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works cannot put its blast furnace No. 5 into operation because of the raw material deliveries problems on behalf of Ukrzaliznytsia. “The company has just finished repairing its BF5, but cannot put it into operation, and that’s some 45 thousand tons of pig iron in November alone (or $20 million). EMZ…
In October Ukraine produced 1938 thousand tons of pig iron, up by 4% MoM, or by 75 thousand tons. In January-October pig iron output went up by 9.2% YoY, or by 1671 thousand tons, to 19737 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Azovstal Iron and Steel Works has put its continuous casting machine No. 5 into operation after an overhaul. The repairs lasted for 45 days. Investments totaled 34.3 million UAH. “Following the CCM 5, continuous casting machine No. 4 has also been stopped for capital repairs”, the company CEO Enver Tskitishvili said. (Ukrainian metal)
In October steel output in Ukraine went up by 7.7% MoM, or by 143 thousand tons, to 2003 thousand tons. In January-October Ukraine produced 20242 thousand tons of steel, up by 5.9% YoY, or by 1123 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that in November the average ferrous scrap price will increase by 14% MoM, or by 700 UAH per ton, to 5700 UAH per ton. “The price situation is very interesting. The metal makers have been hiding prices from each other. And worked separately with each trader. In fact, the price…
In October Ukraine produced 1686 thousand tons of rolled metal, down by 3.3% MoM, or by 57 thousand tons. In January-October rolled metal output increased by 6.4% YoY, or by 1064 thousand tons, to 17811 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)