In December 2023, Ukraine exported 116.85 thousand tons of pig iron to the USA, up by 74.7% MoM and 2.6-fold YoY. In 2023, exports totaled 1.055 million tons, up by 91.7% YoY. Compared with pre-war 2021, exports decreased by 37.3%. Last year, average monthly exports amounted to 85.29 thousand tons, in 2022 – 45.85 thousand…
In January, Ukraine increased steel output by 91.6% YoY, to 544 thousand tons. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, pig iron manufacture increased by 41.5%, to 555 thousand tons. Rolled metal production totaled 453 thousand tons, up by 75.9%. (Ukrainian metal)
A temporary ban on the export of scrap metal and ferrous metals was extended in Kyrgyzstan. The resolution was signed by the head of the Cabinet of Ministers, Akylbek Japarov. The ban was imposed for a period of six months. It applies to the export of scrap and waste ferrous metals, ferrous metal ingots for…
Dneprovskiy Iron and Steel Works intends to construct a new electric steel-smelting complex. The company will hold an open competition to design feasibility study. The offers are accepted until February 23. Last year, DMZ increased rolled metal manufacture by 86.2% YoY, to 105.6 thousand tons, and coke – by 38.5%, to 292.7 thousand tons. (Ukrainian…
Ferrexpo has commissioned a filtration site and concentrate warehouse at the Poltava Mining and Processing Works crushing and processing factory in Horyshni Plavni. The cost of the project exceeded $40 million. The construction began in 2017 and the site started working in trial mode from the end of 2021. (Ukrainian metal)
Krasnolimanske LLC has become the winner of the auction to sell a special license to use subsoil – the mine site No. 1 in Mirnograd, Donetsk region. The auction was held on February 8 on Prozorro. Three companies participated in the trade of the lot with the starting price of 2.22 million UAH. The bid…
Interpipe has resumed shipping steel pipes to Qatar Petroleum, one of the largest oil companies in the Near East. The companies started cooperating in 2020, but after the Russian invasion in February 2022, ship deliveries were suspended. Last year, cooperation resumed, and until the end of the year more than 4 thousand tons of linear…
In 2023, Metinvest increased metal exports to Poland by 16%. The increase was due to the unblocking of roads, but the throughput in ports and border crossing are still bottlenecks. “2023 was a bit better for us than the previous year. There were no such congestions and queues on the Polish railroad, which improved transportation…