Ukraine: pipe output up in January-May 2017

In January-May Ukraine produced 408.7 thousand tons of ferrous pipes, up by 24.2% YoY, with 85.4 thousand tons produced in May. Ukrtruboprom enterprises produced 273.4 thousand tons in 5 months, up by 30.9% YoY, with 57.5 thousand tons in May. Khartsyzsk Pipe Works, situated on Ukraine-uncontrolled territory, in January-May produced 3.4 thousand tons of pipes,…

Belarus: BMZ to reroute shipments due to European Union’s customs duties

The Belarus Iron and Steel Works will redistribute shipments due to the European Union introducing customs duties on Belarusian reinforcement bars, BMZ Director General Anatoly Savenok declared. He noted: “A strategy has been developed to redistribute our shipments to other target markets. Russia is one of them since the eastern neighbor is gradually recovering.” Polish…