In January-October, Ukraine exported 503.496 thousand tons of ferrous scrap, up 15.6-fold YoY, with 48.098 thousand tons exported in October (32.374 thousand tons last October). According to the State Customs Service, in monetary terms exports grew 24.5-fold, to $195.742 million. Imports in 10 months went up by 30%, to 19.761 thousand tons valued at $37.444…
In January-October, Ukraine decreased metal transportation along the Dnepr River by 27.8% YoY, to 1.08 million tons. Overall transportation grew by 35%, to 11.6 million tons. In 2020, Ukraine transported 1.83 million tons of metal along the Dnepr, up by 7% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
ArcelorMittal kriviy Rih is experiencing difficulties with coking coal provision, yet this does not affect steel and pig iron manufacture. The company has started buying coking coal in the Czech Republic, without disclosing volumes. Thus the company intends to diversify risks. (Ukrainian metal)
On November 6, a fire broke out at the Dneprovskiy Iron and Steel Works. The fire broke out at 10:40. Power cables in oxygen-converter shop ignited. As a result of the fire some 30 meters of cables were damaged. The operation of the works was suspended. At 12:10 the fire was localized and at 13:33…
In January-October, Energomashspetsstal decreased steel output by 29.1% YoY, to 39 thousand tons. In October, manufacture totaled 2 thousand tons, down from 3 thousand tons in September. Last year, EMSS produced 63 thousand tons of steel, down by 6.8% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
Under its program to modernize manufacturing capacities, Zaporozhkoks has completed a 5-year repair of the coke-oven batteries Nos. 5 and 6 having invested 400 million UAH. The repair began in 2016. 122 coking chambers have been repaired, with reinforcing elements replaced. In 2020, Zaporozhkoks increased blast furnace coke output by 3.1% YoY, to 853.12 thousand…
In January-October, enterprises of the Urktruboprom Association increased pipe output by 30% YoY, to 581.8 thousand tons. In particular, Interpipe Niko Tube increased manufacture by 95.7% and Trubostal – by 21.4%. At the same time, Centravis decreased production of stainless pipes by 5.9% and Interpipe NMTZ – by 30.1%. Dneprovskiy Pipe Works has been declared…
The State Service of Geology and Subsoil has denied the provision of a special license to extract uranium ore at the Safonosvskiy site in Nikolayev region to Nuclear Energy Systems of Ukraine LLC. The decision was based on the company providing untrue data. Moreover, recommendations of a working group on subsoil use were taken into…