Ukraine: metal output down in January-July 2017

In January-July Ukraine produced 11.9 million tons of steel, down by 18% YoY. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, rolled metal manufacture dropped by 19%, to 10.2 million tons, pig iron – by 22%, to 10.96 million tons. Coke output decreased by 21%, to 5.95 million tons. In 2016 Ukraine produced 24.2 million tons of rolled steel, 21.41…

Kazakhstan: Orken concentrate output up in H1 2017

In January-June the iron ore enterprises of Orken (ArcelorMittal Temirtau) produced 1.293 million tons of iron ore concentrate, up by 3.5% YoY. In total Orken enterprises mined 2.419 million tons of iron ore, up by 1.2% YoY. The Orken iron ore division is a complex of 4 enterprises: Lisakovsky subsidiary, Orken-Kentobe, Orken-Atansor and Orken-Atasu. They…

Ukraine: Zaporizhstal output up July 2017

In July Zaporizhstal produced 306.4 thousand tons of pig iron, 334 thousand tons of steel and 294.3 thousand tons of rolled metal. In June the corresponding figures were 260.7 thousand tons, 284.1 thousand tons and 246.7 thousand tons. In January-July the company produced 1976 thousand tons of pig iron, 2226.7 thousand tons of steel and…