In 2018 Karabashmed produced 139.2 thousand tons of raw copper, up by 12.5% YoY. Copper content was 99.2% with the target of 98.9%. Kyshtym Electrolytic Copper Plant produced 139.3 thousand tons of copper cathodes, up by 8%. In Q1 2018 the company commissioned two new rows of 40 electrolytic baths each, bringing the shop capacity…
In 2018 Izhstal exported 56 thousand tons of metal, up 1.5-fold YoY. In particular, exports to far foreign countries grew more than 3-fold, to 28 thousand tons, and to CIS – by 4%, to 28 thousand tons. Belarus is one of the priority export markets, accounting for 30% – last year Izhstal exported 17 thousand…
In January Ukraine exported 103.8 million tons of ferroalloys valued at $112.7 million, up by 28.4% MoM. The share of ferroalloys in the overall exports totaled 2.77%. 27 million tons, or 23.9%, were sold to Italy, 19.1 million tons (16.97%) to Turkey and 9.7 million tons (8.57%) to the Netherlands. In January Ukraine imported 2.7…
Vyksa Iron and Steel Works will assemble a new seamless pipes producing machine. The machinery will be supplied by Danieli. The design capacity of the machinery is 0.5 million tons of pipes per year. The commissioning is scheduled for 2021. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 the Belarusian steel mill BMZ exported over 2 million tons of metal products worth over $1.25 billion, up by 25.9% YoY. Last year BMZ exported steel products to 66 countries. Europe accounted for 49.1% of BMZ’s exports, the CIS for 24.2% and Asia for 11.9%. The share of Africa and the Americas was…
In January Ukraine exported $234.6 million worth of iron ore and concentrate, down by 2.44% YoY. Volume-wise exports dropped by 0.28%, to 3.152 million. According to the State Fiscal Service, iron ore raw materials accounted for 5.77% of all exports. China, Poland and the Czech Republic purchased almost half of all ore. The share of…
In January Ukraine increased scrap imports by 40.5% YoY, to 3.846 thousand tons. The cost of scrap imported dropped by 19.7%, to $2.417 million. The main suppliers of scrap were Turkey (54.7%), Russia (34.8%) and South Korea (8.36%). (Ukrainian metal)
In January Ukraine exported 3.14 thousand tons of scrap, down 10.8-fold YoY. According to the State Fiscal Service, the value of the scrap exported dropped 10.6-fold, to $936 thousand. In December 2018 Ukraine exported 7.488 thousand tons of scrap. The main customers were Turkey (75.61%), the Netherlands (16.9%) and Germany (3.74%). (Ukrainian metal)