Zaporozhkoks has finished the first stage of the coking batteries No. 5 and 6 reconstruction, having repaired 11 coking boxes of the battery No. 6. According to the company statement, the first stage of the program cost 9.1 million UAH. “The overhaul of the coking batteries extends their life time by 15 years. It will…
In January-March Ukraine imported 3646.205 thousand tons of coal valued at $569.631 million, with $212.041 million in March. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied $350.834 million worth of coal (61.59% of the total volume), USA – $102.166 million (17.94%), Canada – $43.707 million (7.67%), other countries – $72.924 million (12.8%). In monetary terms…
In January-March Ukraine exported 38.671 thousand tons of ferrous scrap, up 3.3-fold YoY, valued at $11.548 million, up 4.7-fold YoY. According to the State Fiscal Service, imports increased 2-fold YoY, to 8.720 thousand tons valued at $6.474 million, up 4.2-fold. The main suppliers were Turkey (80.72%), Moldova (12.51%) and Russia (5.48%), with the main customers…
Metinvest has transferred its shares in Zaporizhstal from two resident companies, Zaporizhstal-RS LLC and Gals-Invest LLC (both based in Zaporizhia) to Cypriot companies Brandfeld Finance Ltd. and Lasartico Holdings Ltd. According to a report by Zaporizhstal in the information disclosure system of the National Commission on Securities and the Stock Market, with reference to the…
In January-March Ferrexpo, which controls Poltava and Yeristovo Mining and Processing Works, decreased pellets output by 9.11% YoY, or by 263 thousand tons, to 2.624 million tons. In Q1 the group produced 151.6 thousand tons of 62% Fe content ore and 2472.4 thousand tons of 65% Fe content ore. Pellets output from own raw materials…
Izhorsky Pipe Works, a part of Severstal Russian Steel, has started shipping large diameter pipes with special characteristics, used in construction of pipelines crossing zones of active faults. The first batch of pipes has been shipped to Gazprom to be used in the construction of the Sila Sibiri (Power of Siberia) pipeline. The batch included…
EvrazHolding marketing and aftersales department director Valentin Krizsky believes that rebars consumption in 2017 will grow by 8% YoY, to 6827 thousand tons. As of April rebars consumption is on the level of 536 thousand tons per month, up from 446 thousand tons in February and 511 thousand tons in March. Consumption of structural shapes…
Severstal forecasts that in 2017 the bar market will grow by 3-5%. At the same time at present the market is characterized by the decrease in consumption (by 25% from 2013 to 2016), as well as excessive capacities. In 2016 bar consumption was on the level of 7.912 million tons, with capacities loading at 62%.…