The Svyato-Varvarinskaya Processing Factory, a part of Metinvest and Pokrovvuhillya, has finished reconstructing its flotation department with increasing the high-quality products output. The modernization lasted for four years. The precondition for the reconstruction was the change in the coal contents. The number of lower classes of coal began growing. It was impractical and expensive to…
In January-June, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih produced 390 thousand tons of steel, or 43% of the H1 2022 output. According to the company CEO Mauro Longobardo, in H1 2022, AMKR produced around 890 thousand tons of steel. In early June, AMKR suspended steel and rolled metal manufacture to decrease water consumption following the destruction of the…
The State Property Fund says the information spread in media that the United Mining and Chemical Company ships titanium raw materials to Russia to produce planes and missiles during the war does not stand to reality. “On August 7, one of Ukrainian media spread information that “Ukraine during the war supplies titanium raw materials to…
ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih will be able to return to the output capacity loading at the level of 33-35% after it has enough water, and when the blast furnace No. 6 is repaired at the end of the year, to the level of 50%. In the next couple of weeks, AMKR intends to receive additional 1…
In January-May, Ukraine exported 543.55 thousand tons of pig iron to the USA, up 2.08-fold YoY. At the same time, compared with January-May 2021, exports fell by 26.9%. In May, Ukraine exported 123.95 thousand tons of pig iron to the USA, up by 30.7% MoM. In May 2022, Ukraine did not export pig iron to…
In January-June, Ferrexpo received $27.01 million of net profit, down 3-fold YoY. This is the lowest result over the past 10 years. Revenue dropped 2.8-fold, to $334.01 million. Capital investments totaled $58 million, down by 43.1%. Interim dividends were not paid. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June, Ukrtruboprom enterprises increased pipe output by 5.2% YoY, to 253.5 thousand tons. In particular, Interpipe Niko Tube increased pipes manufacture by 12.4% and Ukrtruboizol by 81.1%, while Trubostal decreased by 69.4%, Centravis – by 3%, Interpipe NMTZ – by 79.5% and Oskar – by 27.7%. In June, Ukrtruboprom enterprises produced 35 thousand tons…
A fatal accident happened at Kametstal on August 2. A woman employee was found dead on the territory of the sintering shop. Apparently, she was drawn into the conveyer belt. The woman was around 40 years old and had been working at the enterprise for just a month. (Ukrainian metal)