In July world pig iron output grew by 6% YoY, to 107.767 million tons, according to World Steel Association. As usual, China is leading with 67.515 million tons. Ukraine produced 1.767 million tons of pig iron, securing the 9th place, followed by Taiwan with 1.3 million tons. In August Ukraine produced 1.733 million tons of…
In August, according to railroad statistics, deliveries (including imports) of steel products (rolled metal and pipes) to the bases of the major Russian trade enterprises and networks totaled 0.86 million tons. This is up by 13.9% YoY. In 8 months deliveries fell by 0.9% YoY, to 7.2 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In August 1.43 million tons of metal were delivered via railroad to the major Russian metal and pipe works. According to the railroad statistics, this is the increase of 17.6% YoY. In January-August metal deliveries reached 8.8 million tons, up by 3.4% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In August Russian metal companies shipped 5.15 million tons of metal via railroad, up by 3.5% YoY. Sales to domestic market dropped by 5.9%, to 3.02 million tons, while exports grew by 20.6%, to 2.13 million tons. In January-August metal sales via railroad reached 42.8 million tons, up by 5.3% YoY, with local deliveries up…
In August 6.42 million tons of ferrous metals were transported via railroads, up by 7.8% YoY. Deliveries to the domestic market totaled 3.7 million tons, up by 0.1%, with exports up by 28.4%, to 2.29 million tons, but imports down by 16.2%, to 335.8 thousand tons. In January-August transportation reached 52 million tons, up by…
A new horizontal curing line valued at 123 million rubles has been assembled at the cable shop of Electrocable. It will increase control and ship cable output by 10-20%. Annually Electrocable produced over 2.5 thousand ship and cargo cables in coating without halogens. All the products are approved by the Russian River Register and Russian…
Severstal – Bar Works Balakovo has shipped the 3-millioth ton of metal. The anniversary ton consisting of rebars No. 16 was shipped to the A Group metal trader in Moscow region. The bars manufactured in Balakovo are supplied via metal traders and Severstal Distribution for the construction of a number of projects all over Russia.…
Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has expanded the size portfolio of its I-beam used in construction. In particular, the company rail and beam mill has started producing the 16B2 beam. ChMK has certificates for the complete I-beam range according to the new GOST in effect since May 1. At present the company can produce over 60…