In January Ukraine decreased steel output by 2.7% YoY, to 1.8 million tons. Pig iron manufacture dropped by 5.1%, to 1.7 million tons. At the same time, Ukraine increased rolled metal production by 4%, to 1.63 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2019 Bratsk Ferroalloys Works sold 30 thousand tons of ferrosilicon FS75, up by 57% YoY. The ferroalloy was mostly supplied to customers from the Asian-Pacific Region, where it was used to produce high-strength steel. “The sales growth is due to a large demand on the market,” the company noted. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2019 Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works increased rails and beams sales by 10% YoY, to 587 thousand tons. Rails, mostly with the length of 100 meters, accounted for 280 thousand tons, up by 35 thousand tons. RZD was the main customer, having purchased enough rails to construct over 2 thousand km of railroad. ChMK…
In November 2019 the exports of nickel long rolled products totaled 16.4 tons, down by 60% MoM and by 50% YoY. Deliveries to Latvia decreased by 52%, to 4.7 tons, and to Ukraine from 9.7 tons to 8.6 tons. In October 2019 India imported 12.5 tons of nickel, but did not buy it in November…
In 2019 Russky Ugol supplied 1.1 million tons of coal from Krasnoyarsk region to Russian and foreign customers, up by 10% YoY. This coal is extracted at the Sayano-Partizansky Pit with the reserves of 1.5 billion tons. The pit was commissioned in 1991. (Ukrainian metal)
In January RZD transported 100.2 million tons of cargo, down by 4.9% YoY. In particular, 10.1 million tons of iron and manganese ore were transported, up by 2%. Transportation of ferrous metals decreased by 2.2%, to 6.4 million tons, while of scrap grew by 12.6%, to 0.663 million tons. Last year ferrous metals transportation totaled…
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) shipped 1.286 million tons of galvanized steel in 2019, the highest figure in the company’s history. 2019 was the second year in a row that MMK broke its own record. In 2018, the company shipped 1.269 million tons of galvanized steel, which at the time was also a record…
Russian aluminum producer RUSAL has suspended the works in Guyana due to unrest in the country. “As a result of serious illegitimate actions that have gone beyond the control of government and enforcement agencies, including arson of the electricity pylon basement and other corporate property, and blocking of the river, RUSAL considers it prudent to…