In January-February, Ukraine procured 258.7 thousand tons of ferrous metals scrap, up by 70% YoY. In February, procurement totaled 140.4 thousand tons, with 118.3 thousands tons collected in January. Domestic consumption grew by 71.4%. Metal plants received 206 thousand tons as opposed to 120.2 thousand tons last year. As of March 1, scrap stocks were…
In January-February, Ukraine imported 83.056 thousand tons of coke and semi-coke, up 12.5-fold YoY. According to the State Customs Service, in monetary terms imports grew 10-fold, to $31.591 million. Coke exports totaled 5 tons valued at $1 thousand to Latvia (no exports in January and January-February 2023). The main supplier was Poland (97.71% in monetary…
In March, the miners of Pokrovskoye Mine Group yielded the first million tons of coal since the start of the year. The tunneling teams have prepared 2547 meters of mine workings. All the coal was processed by the Svyato-Varvarinskaya factory, producing 521 thousand tons of high-quality concentrate. (Ukrainian metal)
In February, Ukraine decreased pig iron exports by 10.2% MoM and by 27.9% YoY, to 127.63 thousand tons. According to the State Customs Service, revenue amounted to $47.91 million, down by 4.2% MoM and by 26.3% YoY. In January-February, pig iron exports totaled 269.8 thousand tons valued at $97.92 million, down by 13.6% and by…
In 2022, Ferrexpo decreased pellets manufacture from 12 million to 6.18 million tons. Last year, 4.15 million tons were produced. The drop is due to transportation problems. Around half of the group products were transported via the Black Sea ports to the Asian market. But in 2022, the way was blocked. (Ukrainian metal)