Ukraine: Azovstal BF5 halted
Azovstal has halted its blast furnace No. 2 for capital repairs valued at 60 million UAH. According to the company statement, the overhaul is expected to be completed by December 30. (Ukrainian metal)
Russia: ITZ to supply pipes for Rosneft projects
Izhorsky Pipe Works, a part of Severstal Russian Steel, has won the tender to deliver large diameter pipes to one of its main customers – Rosneft. ITZ will supply some 117 thousand tons of 1020 and 1220 mm diameter pipes of K60 steel. The pipes will be used at Kharampur gas deposits. The pipes will…
Metals of Ukraine & Russia: coke (fraction 25+ mm), October 2016
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR62.9* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.496* min max min max September 146 173 163 170 October 194 216 212 233 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.10.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
Ukraine: AMKR supplies steel for the new Chernobyl sarcophagus
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has become one of the main suppliers of steel for the new sarcophagus over the 4th reactor of the Chernobyl HPP. According to the company statement, it has supplied 12 thousand tons of rebars for the construction of the new confinement. “40 mm rebars were used in the foundation construction”, the company…
Ukraine: EMSS makes billets for EschmannStahl
Energomashspetsstal has supplied billets for die tooling to EschmannStahl GmbH. According to the company statement, the order was placed in October. In November EMSS supplied 51 tons of billets to Germany. According to the contract the rest will be delivered in December. (Ukrainian metal)
Metals of Ukraine & Russia: hot-rolled coils, October 2016
Month Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.496* min max September 352 411 October 394 426 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.10.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal) Dear colleagues! From 2017 the monthly metal price monitoring…
Ukraine: metal output in January-November 2016
In January-November Ukraine produced 22.19 million tons of carbon steel, up by 5.6% YoY. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, Ukraine also produced 21.65 million tons of pig iron, 19.54 million tons of rolled metal, 11.7 million tons of coke and 782.1 thousand tons of steel pipes, all up by 8.7%, 6.5%, 10.7% and 0.7% YoY respectively. Steel…
Russia: metal transportation by railroad down in January-November 2016
In January-November the network of Russian Railways loaded 1.117 billion tons, up by 0.6% YoY, the company’s press center says. In the reporting period the railways shipped 297.6 million tons of coal, up by 1.6% YoY; 10.7 million tons of coke, up by 4.6% YoY; 100.5 million tons of iron and manganese ores, up by…