Aktyubinsk Rail and Beam Works intends to supply R65 railroad rails to Ukraine. The company has mastered the manufacture of rails according to DSTU 4344:2004 and received a certificate of correspondence necessary to start supplying rails to Ukraine. The certificate is valid until March 22, 2022. ARBZ design capacity is 430 thousand tons per year:…
Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) has prepared 60 thousand tons of ferrous metals scrap to be sold on ProZorro auctions. The enterprise is now selecting a company to evaluate the scrap. The sales could start in late May – early June. (Ukrainian metal)
In April, metal companies received 220.6 thousand tons of scrap, up by 13.1% from the target (195 thousand tons). The largest scrap volumes were delivered to Azovstal (41.2 thousand tons), Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works (35.7 thousand tons), Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine (42.9 thousand tons), Zaporizhstal (16.44 thousand tons) and Interpipe Steel (44.6…
In January-March, Ukraine decreased pipes output by 25.4% YoY, to 211.7 thousand tons. The enterprises of the Ukrtruboprom association decreased output by 35.2%. Interpipe-NTZ produced 43.9 thousand tons, down by 30.3% (18.1 thousand tons in March), Interpipe NMTZ – 18.5 thousand tons (-38.3%, 6.8 thousand tons) and Interpipe Niko Tube – 68.1 thousand tons (-33.9%,…
In 2019, Ukrainian mining and metallurgical complex increased capital investments by 37.3% YoY, to $1.914 billion. This is a record-high level for Ukraine. According to GMK Center, it corresponds to an average global level of $50 per 1 ton of steel. The share of investments in the mining and metallurgical sector amounted to 8.1% in…
In January-March, Metinvest increased steel output by 12% YoY, to 2.17 million tons, and pig iron – by 7%, to 2.09 million tons, at the same time decreasing coke manufacture by 12%, to 1.12 million tons. Compared with Q4 2019, steel output grew by 30%, pig iron – by 11% and coke – by 7%.…
In April, Zaporizhstal produced 223.3 thousand tons of steel, down by 34.5% YoY. Rolled metal manufacture dropped by 23.2%, to 222.2 thousand tons, and pig iron – by 27.4%, to 277.5 thousand tons. The decrease is due to the capital repair of blast furnaces Nos. 2 and 5 and the market situation. In 4 months…
In April, Ukraine produced 1.413 million tons of steel, down by 27% MoM. Pig iron manufacture dropped by 23.1%, to 1.412 million tons, and rolled metal – by 22.9%, to 1.264 million tons. In January-April, Ukraine produced 6.731 million tons of steel (-9.6% YoY), 6.507 million tons of pig iron (-7.6%) and 5.886 million tons…
