In January-September Ukraine increased rolled metal output by 6% YoY, to 13.844 million tons. Steel manufacture grew by 4%, to 15.767 million tons and pig iron – by 9%, to 15.288 million tons. In September Ukraine produced 1.657 million tons of pig iron, down by 3.7% MoM, 1.787 million tons of steel (on par) and…
The converter shop of Evraz NTMK – the first converter shop in Russia – is celebrating its 55th anniversary. Since its launch the shop has smelted 140 million tons of steel and produced 70 million tons of steel billets. Now the converter shop boasts four 160-ton converters. It also has four ladle-furnaces and two circulatory…
The United Metallurgical Company has presented new developments in import replacement at the VIII Petersburg International Gas Forum. The innovative ball cranes are intended for the extraction, transportation and processing of gas, as well as for the liquefied natural gas sphere. The new ball cranes, previously mostly imported by Gazprom, can now be produced at…
According to the forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation domestic steel rolled products output will reach 61.5 million tons in 2018, up by 0.9% YoY. Rolled products export is expected to reach 28 million tons (+0.3%), and import – 5.5 million tons (+1.4%). Rolled stock domestic consumption will reach 39…
In January-September Ukraine increased pig iron exports by 39.7%, to 2.27 million tons valued at $793.95 million, up by 57.8%. According to the State Fiscal Service, pig iron was mostly exported to the USA (59.63%), Italy (13.12%) and Turkey (11.06%). At the same time in 9 months Ukraine imported 1.1 thousand tons of pig iron…
In August Ukraine produced 247 thousand tons of rebars, down by 1% MoM. In particular, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih produced 179 thousand tons, down by 1%, Makeevka subsidiary of Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works – 62 thousand tons, up by 4%, and Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine – 6 thousand tons, down by 31%. Exports grew…
The debt on salary payment to the employees of state coal enterprises amounts to 470 million UAH. “According to the government decree, 136 million UAH will be transferred to clear salary debts to state miners. All the approving procedures are underway”, the deputy minister of energy and coal industry Anatoliy Korzun said. He believes, soon…
Kurakhovskaya mine employees have joined the striking miners from Kotlyarevskaya who have blocked the Dnepr – Donetsk road between Pokrovsk and Selidovo because of the salary debts. Both mines are parts of the state enterprise Selidovugol. According to the chairman of the Independent Miners’ Union of Ukraine Mikhail Volynets, the road was blocked leading to…