In June, Ukraine exported 169.3 thousand tons of pig iron, up by 75.5% MoM. In monetary terms exports have increased by 60.1%, to $65.3 million. According to the State Customs Service, compared with June 2022 exports went up by 35.7%, but decreased by 16.5% respectively. In January-June, Ukraine exported 799.7 thousand tons of pig iron…
In June, Ukrzaliznytsia transported 378 thousand tons of ferrous metals for export, down by 19.9% MoM, but up by 18.1% YoY. In June 2021, 1.24 million tons were exported via railroad. In January-June, Ukrzaliznytsia decreased ferrous metals exports by 62.2% YoY, to 2.32 million tons. From January to May, there was a trend of exports…
In January-June, Ukraine decreased steel manufacture by 62.3% YoY, to 2.829 million tons. According to Ukrmetalurgprom, pig iron output dropped by 62.5%, to 2.836 million tons. Production of rolled metal went down by 59%, to 2.375 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Only a small part of destroyed enemy war machines could be used as scrap for steel manufacture, Metinvest CEO Yuri Ryzhenkov believes. “Some think, that you can just take all this, smelt it and make new metal or machines, but it is not so. The remains are a very complex story, as that metal has…
According to the World Gold Council, in May, Uzbekistan ranked second globally in gold sales. Worldwide central bank gold and currency reserves dropped by 27 tons, with precious metal sales declining by over half compared to April. Uzbekistan sold 11 tons of gold internationally in May, surpassing Kazakhstan and Germany by 5.5 times. Turkey remained…
The Pecherskiy Court of Kyiv has ruled to place top managers of Poltava Mining and Processing Works and a straw company into a pre-trial detention center with the alternative of a bail. All the six are suspected of embezzlement. The organizer of the criminal scheme has to pay 60 million UAH, and the rest –…
Central Mining and Processing Works has capitally repaired its pelletizing machine OK-324. The repair was carried out to provide faultless manufacture of high-quality pellets. 100 tons of refractory bricks produced by Refrako and Zaporozhogneupor was used in the repair. CGOK is among 5 largest mining raw materials manufacturers in Ukraine. It specializes in iron ore…
The United Mining and Chemical Company has resumed operation of Irshansk Mining and Processing Works in Zhytomir region after a halt in October 2022. The processing factory No. 3 started operating on July 5. In just one shift, the IrGOK employees produced 220 tons of ilmenite concentrate. (Ukrainian metal)