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)
Mykolaiv Alumina Plant, used to belong to Rusal, has been transferred to the management of the State Property Fund of Ukraine. “The nationalization of another asset of the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska has been completed,” the Fund said. Deripaska has been controlling NGZ since early 2000s. This is one of the largest enterprises of the…
In January-February, Ukraine imported $5.43 million worth of nickel, up 4.7-fold YoY. According to the State Customs Service, in February imports amounted to $1.857 million. Last year, nickel imports decreased by 74.2%, to $15.391 million. (Ukrainian metal)
In February, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih produced 116 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 22% MoM. The decrease was due to the Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure of the district. At the same time, steel and rolled metal manufacture increased. Thus, AMKR produced 77 thousand tons of steel, up from 76 thousand tons in…
RG Gold, developing the Raigorodok deposit in Akmola region, could suspend gold extraction using heap leaching this year. “Because of the thinning of oxidized ore we, most likely, will have to suspend operation and mothball heap leaching manufacture,” the financial director Marat Shaimardanov has said. RG Gold is using two types of processing capacities with…
The CEO of Centrenergo JSC Andrey Churkin refutes information on purchasing coal from Kazakhstan. “We do not buy coal in Kazakhstan. Coal, brought for Centrenergo needs, is on the territory of the European Union on legal basis. The fuel is brought to Ukraine by European traders. Coal is not reloaded on the way and from…
Over 2 years of the full-scale war, Zaporizhstal has exported 3.1 million tons of pig iron and rolled metal to 38 countries. Domestically, 1.4 million tons of metal products were sold. The company is working to improve product quality and expand portfolio and is looking for new logistics chains and sales market. In January-February, Zaporizhstal…