ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has shut down the blast furnace No. 6 for capital repair. This blast furnace was the first to be launched after the complete shut down of the enterprise at the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion. “For a long time the blast furnace was the only working furnace, which was visited by…
The Cabinet of Ministers has registered a draft bill “On amendments to Article 2 of the law “On scrap metal”” in the Verkhovna Rada. The bill has been registered under the number 9484. The document aims to regulate legislative aspects of procuring and trading in scrap, as well as to remove the norms on conforming…
Metinvest will free-of-charge produce steel for Ukrainian Tryzub that will replace the Soviet crest on the “Motherland” monument in Kyiv and will become a financial partner of the project to reconstruct the landmark. The project was developed by Ukrainian Institute of Steel Structures named after Shimanovskiy. The Ukrainian Tryzub on the shield is a volumetric…
In June, Dneprovskiy Iron and Steel Works increased rolled metal output by 90.6% MoM and 9.9-fold YoY, to 14.03 thousand tons. In January-June, DMZ produced 56.4 thousand tons of rolled metal, in particular 27.1 thousand tons in Q2 (+14.8% YoY). Coke manufacture dropped by 2.5% MoM, to 33.3 thousand tons. In H1, DMZ produced 142…
In January-June, Ukraine procured 531 thousand tons of scrap metal, down by 25.2% YoY. According to the UAVtormet association, domestic deliveries to metal plants decreased by 37.3%, to 413.8 thousand tons. Exports went up 3.2-fold, to 92 thousand tons. Imports fell 3-fold, to 0.5 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June, Ukraine increased aluminum imports by 25.9% YoY, to $168.234 million. In June, imports totaled $31.461 million. Aluminum exports dropped by 0.9% YoY, to $48.032 million, with $8.297 million exported in June. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June, Ukraine imported $7.699 million worth of nickel and its products, down 4.4-fold YoY. In June, imports totaled $1.355 million. Nickel exports fell to $125 thousand from $1.266 million last year, with $18 thousand exported in June. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June, Ukraine imported $56.288 million worth of copper and copper wares, up by 97.1% YoY. According to the State Customs Service, exports decreased by 26.3%, to $39.433 million. In June, Ukraine imported $8.672 million worth of copper and exported $5.732 million. (Ukrainian metal)
