Dniepropetrovsk Tube Works stands idle because of the absence of billets. At the same time the works has orders for pipe manufacture. It just waits for the billets to start production. In January-April DTZ produced 7.1 thousand tons of pipes, up by 73.2% YoY, with 2.4 thousand pipes in April. In 2015 the works decreased…
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.3334* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.1865* min max min max March 393 393 319 319 April 425 425 426 426 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.04.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has finished capital repairs at its blast furnace No. 4 and intends to put it into operation. “Its capacity is 3800 tons of pig iron daily”, said the company in its statement. The blast furnace was stopped in late 2015, the capital repairs started in March. “It’s early to…
Army of dignity has stopped a truck laden with non-ferrous radioactive pipes at the exit from the Chernobyl zone. According to the activists, there were several trucks driving out of the zone, but only one was stopped. There were also a couple of luxury-class cars. According to the drivers, the cargo was checked at two…
Month Russian market, $/t, DDP, without VAT, $1/RUR64.3334* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, DDP, $1/UAH25.1865* min max min max March 644 886 721 792 April 650 890 760 900 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.04.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
In January-April Donetsk region (without the Antiterrorist operation zone) industrial output went up by 9.6% YoY, with April results growing by 2.4% MoM and 8.7% YoY. Metal output increased by 10.4%, mining – by 21.4% and coke – 1.6 times, all YoY. Coal mining went up by 21.8% YoY, to 5.2 million tons. Pig iron…
In 2015 Metinvest received $1 billion of net losses, while in 2014 it got $159 million of net profits. According to the company statement, the negative financial results are connected with the drop in revenues, depreciation of trade and other accounts receivable, as well as the decrease of profits due to exchange rate differences. “These…
In January-March DTEK companies produced 7.2 million tons of coal (up by 5.8% YoY), generated 9.8 billion kWh of electricity (down by 10.9%), transmitted 12.1 billion kWh of electricity via networks (down by 0.5%) and produced 381.1 million cubic meters of natural gas (up by 47.7%). “Recently, the progress of the energy sector reforms has…