In January-June Donetsk Iron and Steel Works produced 350 thousand tons of pig iron, up by 87.2% YoY. In June the company produced 35 thousand tons of pig iron, down from 106 thousand tons in May. Open-hearth manufacture was shut down in 2012, and the steel smelting complex is under construction, so the works doesn’t…
In 2016 metal consumption in Ukraine will grow by 2.6% YoY, or by 3358 million tons, according to Metinvest-SMC. “We believe the rise will continue next year as well. At least all the companies involved should demonstrate better results”, said the company CEO Dmitry Lippa. He also noted the increase in the mining industry by…
In January-May Poltava Mining and Processing Works exported 4.99 million tons of iron ore pellets. According to Ukrpromvneshexpertisa, pellets were exported to Europe and the Near East, as well as Japan, China and Korea. At the same time Central GOK exported 870 thousand tons of pellets. In January-May Poltava GOK produced 4.82 million tons of…
Vladimir Potanin, president of Norilsk Nickel, came to Norilsk. He visited various production sites, where the company carries out its strategic projects, and held business meetings with the Polar Division management to discuss reconfiguration of production, implementation of capacity increase programs, and improvement of the environmental situation in Norilsk industrial region. According to Norilsk Nickel…
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR66.0825* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.166* min max min max April 18 20 22 26 May 17 20 26 30 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 31.05.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
In January-June Zaporizhstal produced 1987.8 thousand tons of steel, up by 2.2% YoY, or by 43.4 thousand tons. According to the company statement, it has also increased pig iron (by 2.7% YoY, or by 49.2 thousand tons, to 1846.8 thousand tons) and rolled metal (by 3.5% YoY, or by 58.6 thousand tons, to 1736.2 thousand…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has opened a metal warehouse in the central region of Ukraine, in the city of Dnieper (renamed from Dniepropetrovsk). “This is our 8th warehouse in Ukraine, we plan to supply over 3 thousand tons of metal from there each month. The warehouse carries all the AMKR products”, said the company in its…
According to Ukrmetallurgprom, in the first half of 2016 metal companies produced 12.45 million tons of steel, up by 11%, 10.9 million tons of rolled metal, up by 12%, and 11.94 million tons of pig iron, up by 17% YoY. Pipe output decreased by 7%, to 398 thousand tons, while that of coke went up…