This year Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works plans to put the pulverized coal injection system at its blast furnaces No. 3 and 5 into operation. “The machine could inject up to 240 kilograms of pulverized coal per 1 ton of pig iron, thus decreasing coke consumption”, said the company in its statement. The works also…
India has invited Ukrainian companies to cooperate in metal, chemical, machine-building and textile industries. “Ukraine is interested in providing services to India, in particular in construction and reconstruction of by-product coke complexes”, said Elena Balbekova, director of the international trade and economical cooperation and European integration department of the Ministry of economical development and trade.…
The volume of products sold by the Zaporozhye region in January-March reached 31.2 billion UAH, or 7.9% of the total volume in Ukraine (4th place among the regions). The regional companies produced 37.4% of steel, 15.5% of pig iron and 28.4% of rolled metal in the country. Metal manufacture saw a 2.7% increase YoY. (Ukrainian…
Almost all Ukrainian iron and steel works are suffering from scrap shortage. According to Derzhzovnishinform, in April they received 150 thousand tons of scrap, or 97% of the needs. Stocks haven’t changed much and total 35 thousand tons. In early May scrap prices were on the level of $269-271 per ton FOB. Last year scrap…
In January-April Ukraine imported $463.92 million worth of coal, including $106.65 million in April. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied $287.41 million worth of coal, USA – $62.38 million, Australia – $35.68 million, while other countries supplied $78.44 million worth of coal. The total imports of the coal reached 5350.46 thousand tons. At…
In January-April Ukraine imported 342.58 thousand tons of coke, down by 62% YoY, valued at $50.73 million, down by 70.07%. The main suppliers were Poland (62.21%) and Russia (34.57%). According to the State Fiscal Service, Ukraine increased coke exports by 26.5% YoY, to 69.76 thousand tons, valued at $8.52 million, down by 13.4% YoY. The…
In April Zaporizhstal decreased natural gas consumption to 12 million cubic meters. The April record was the result of hundreds of energy efficiency measures taken at the company. “But we are not going to stop. Our goal this year is to reach natural gas consumption on the level of 10 million cubic meters per month”,…
In January-April Ukraine exported 698 thousand tons of steel-smelting pig iron, up by 19.2% YoY. According to the State Fiscal Service, pig iron exports brought Ukraine $120.04 million UAH, down by 27.4% YoY. Most exports went to Turkey (29.74%), USA (26.67%) and Italy (20.54%). (Ukrainian metal)