Vallourec Niko Tube, a joint venture of Vallourec and Interpipe, was created in April 2018 to produce seamless pipes for the European market. The manufacture is situated in the city of Nikopol and consists of two lines in the pipe-rolling shops Nos. 2 and 7 of Interpipe Niko Tube. Interpipe is responsible for the manufacture…
Ingulets Mining and Processing Works has rendered assistance in the restoration of the Shirokoye settlement, where some 20 cottages and 55 yards were flooded in late May – early June. In 2 weeks the settlement has been flooded 4 times. Metinvest, owner of InGOK, has already transferred over 2 million UAH for the purchase of…
With the new investor (Metinvest) Pokrovskoye Mine Group will get a guarantee of a long-term development. In early 2019 the enterprise put into operation a new long face with 1 million tons of coal, and in spring – another one. This year it is planned to commission 5 new long faces. In May the enterprise…
In January-May Ukraine manufactured 7.92 million tons of rolled metal, up by 2.6% YoY, and exported 6.86 million tons, or 86.6%. Last year the share of exports was 83.2% (6.43 million tons out of 7.72 million tons). Semi-finished products accounted for 45.39% of exports (42.16% in January-May 2018), the share of flat rolled metal did…
In January-May metal companies sold 1.064 million tons of metal to the domestic market. All in all local customers received 1.607 million tons of rolled metal, including 543.3 thousand tons or 33.8% of imported metal. In January-May 2018 local market consumed 1843.8 thousand tons of rolled metal, including 545.8 thousand tons of imported metal, or…
Interpipe wants Ukrzaliznytsia to sell scrap on FCA terms. “We do not buy scrap from Ukrzaliznytsia, as we do not agree with the terms of the current auctions. The key problem is the terms of delivery. They are trying to sell a batch of scrap lying somewhere and weighing none knows how much, protect it…
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works has completed capital repairs of converter No. 3 in the converter steel shop. In 2018 the converter became the first at the works to be switched to the combined steel blowing. The converter was able to carry out 3200 steel blowings with the warranty index of 3000. The analysis of…
Ukraine must protect its market from the inflow of Chinese pipes. “China constantly increases the deliveries of seamless pipes to Ukraine, especially lately”, Interpipe CFO Denis Morozov said. According to him, earlier Europe, USA and Russia imposed a number of limitations on the delivery of Ukrainian pipe products. “In this trade war we must protect…