Ukrainian Center of Steel Construction expects metal structures consumption to grow by 15% YoY in 2017, to 75 thousand tons. At the same time metal constructions output will reach 85 thousand tons. This year manufacturing activity was witnessed at 81% producers, with 46% of the companies increasing output. Most of the exports (85%) went to…
Ukrmetallurgprom forecasts that in January 2018 Ukraine will produce 2 million tons of steel, 1.9 million tons of pig iron and 1.8 million tons of rolled metal. According to updated data, in November Ukraine produced 1.87 million tons of steel, 1.83 million tons of pig iron and 1.6 million tons of rolled metal. A slight…
In 2018 Metinvest SMC will start constructing a large distribution center in Dnepr with the capacity of 40 thousand tons of metal. “This will allow us to concentrate on that site a number of items, which are periodically in demand”, the company CEO Dmitry Lippa noted. According to him, thus Metinvest will be able to…
Metinvest will develop coated rolled metal manufacture together with Unisteel Ukraine LLC in the city of Kriviy Rih. According to Metinvest-SMC marketing director Roman Kurashev, the plant’s capacities are around 100 thousand tons of galvanized sheets per year. “Unisteel will be commissioned this year. In a couple of days it will start operating. The company…
In November Ukrainian metal companies received 2.5 million tons of iron ore raw materials, on the October level. At the same time coal supplies dropped by 14% MoM, to 1.12 million tons. Coke deliveries were on October level at 965 thousand tons. Imported coal share was 78%, and coke – 13.8%. In January-November metal and…
In November Ukrainian metal companies consumed 165 million cubic meters of gas, up by 10% MoM. According to Ukrmetallurgpromgas, in 11 months gas consumption grew by 3% YoY, to 1.6 billion cubic meters. Metal companies also consumed 10.5 billion kW-h of electricity, down by 11%. (Ukrainian metal)
In November Ukrainian metal companies were supplied with scrap at 96%. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, last month scrap-procuring companies prepared 318 thousand tons, up by 2% MoM. Of this volume local metal companies received 270 thousand tons, while 48 thousand tons were exported, up by 20% MoM. In January-November out of 3.4 million tons of scrap…
Metinvest analysts believe that in 2018 the average price of hot-rolled coils will be $517 per ton as opposed to $503 in 2017. According to Metinvest-SMC CEO Dmitry Lippa, steel billets prices will increase to $459 per ton from $431. Iron ore raw materials will cost $71 per ton (in 2017 – $65). At the…