According to Ukrmetallurgprom in December Ukraine will produce 1.8 million tons of steel, 1.6 million tons of rolled metal and 1.8 million tons of pig iron. As of December 12, 20 out of 21 blast furnaces, 8 out of 9 open-hearth furnaces, 14 out of 16 converters, 6 out of 15 electric arc furnaces and…
In November Ukrainian metal companies received 309 thousand tons of scrap, up by 12% MoM. Scrap exports last month fell by 50%, to 4 thousand tons. In November procuring companies prepared 313 thousand tons of scrap, up by 10%. In January-November out of procured 3.36 million tons (down by 1% YoY), metal companies received 3.04…
In November Ukrainian metal companies increased natural gas consumption by 7% MoM, to 150 million cubic meters. In 11 months consumption grew by 6%, to 1670 million cubic meters. Electricity consumption in January-November was 10.74 billion kWh, up by 7% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
The Department of Trade has decided to prolong the antidumping duties on ferrosilicomanganese from Ukraine. The duty is prolonged for 5 more years. The size of the duty is 163%. This was the fourth 5-year review of the duty since 1994. (Ukrainian metal)
Uralelectromed has produced the first batch of commutator bars (13 thousand pieces) for the construction of cargo diesel locomotives. According to the contract with the Russian Railways, the bars will be tested at some 400 thousand km. The company has increased the portfolio of its commutator bars to 9 sizes and types. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-November Chukotka Autonomous District extracted 21753 kg of gold, down by 2% YoY. 19151 kg accounted for ore gold, while 2583 kg for alluvial gold. Ore gold output dropped by 4%, while that of alluvial went up by 11%. Silver extraction fell by 16%, to 99.97 tons. In January-November 2017 Chukotka yielded 22239 kg…
In November Kazakhstan produced 0.015 million tons of steel, down by 63.8% YoY. In 11 months steel output dropped by 7.7%, to 3.909 million tons. Ferroalloys manufacture totaled 0.179 million tons in November and 1.904 million tons in 11 months, up by 8.8% and by 8.1% YoY respectively. In November the country produced 0.107 million…
Precious metal prices increased in Azerbaijan on December 13, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold grew by 0.5865 manats, to 2,116.007 manats per ounce on December 13 compared to the price on December 12. The price of silver went up by 0.224 manats, to 25.0689 manats per ounce.…