Azovstal Iron and Steel Works has started experiencing shortage of scrap. “The situation on the scrap market is worsening, we see the shortage”, the company CEO Enver Tskitishvili said. According to him, the company has been better provided with scrap in a more complex period (June-July) because of Ukrzaliznytsia selling its stocks. “As far as…
Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works had to decrease output because of the untimely delivery of coking coals from seaports via railroad. “We are fighting for our competitiveness. We had sleepless nights to reach pre-war output levels last month – 270 thousand tons. But no we have to decrease output because Ukrzaliznytsia has not brought coal…
According to the State Statistics Committee, in January-July the country imported 162.8 thousand tons of rolled metal, up by 7.3% YoY, valued at $100.52 million. Ferrous rods imports reached 66.38 thousand tons, up by 23.8%, valued at $33.39 million, angles – 22.255 thousand tons, up by 35.6%, valued at $15.9 million. At the same time…
OEMK (a part of Metalloinvest) has successfully completed major repair works at DRI Plant 2. This has enabled the plant to increase production from 88 to 110 tons per hour. The increased productivity at DRI Plant 2 will enable OEMK to boost direct reduced iron (DRI) production by nearly 200,000 tons per year. OEMK operates…
The further fall of the world prices for iron ore threaten the operation of Ukrainian mining and processing works. According to the Federation of Ukrainian Metallurgists chairman Sergey Belenkiy, in just a week the prices have fallen by 15%, from $78 to $66 per ton. “If ore is cheaper than $60 per ton, some enterprises…
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa believes that in September delivery of ferrous scrap to metal companies will grow by 9.8-13.7% MoM, or by 25-35 thousand tons, to 280-290 thousand tons. “In August deliveries totaled 255 thousand tons. We expect that in September they will be on the level of 280-290 thousand tons”, the company deputy director…
On September 20 Ruspolymet put into operation a new radial forging shop. The new Austrian radial-forging mill operating together with two heating furnaces, two heat-treating furnaces, a mobile manipulator and three mills will provide for the manufacture of the high-quality rods for aviation, power, machine-building, chemical and oil-and-gas industries. The new machine will allow Ruspolymet…
On September 25 the capital repairs of the Karabashmed chemical and metal works will start. The scheduled repairs will be carried out in three shops: metal, sulfur acid and power shop. The repairs are expected to last for 25 days. The metal shop will get two new Kumera converters with the volume of 150 tons…