In January Ukraine increased power-generating and coking coal mining by 13.7% YoY, to 3.659 million tons. State mines yielded 466.5 thousand tons, down by 90.7% YoY, with the share in the total volume at 12.7%. Anthracite output on occupied territories increased by 49% YoY, to 913.1 thousand tons. In particular, DTEK Rovenkiantrazit mined 348.6 thousand…
Donetskstal group metal companies on the occupied territory of Ukraine work at lowest capacities because of the railroad blockade. Donetsk Iron and Steel Works has been registered on Ukraine-controlled territory. It still operates 1 blast furnace. On February 20, it produced 1.5 thousand tons of pig iron. The company has enough iron ore raw materials…
Metinvest could lose $30 million a month because of the economical blockade of Donbass, according to Dragon Capital. The company notes that Metinvest had to stop operation at two of its enterprises, which were its main asset. On February 21, Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works and Krasnodonugol, situated on the occupied territory, stopped operation because…
Only 18% of Ukrainian state mines work without losses. The cost of coal, which is a part of the electricity production tariff, is 1730 UAH per ton. “At present the gas-generating coal is sold at 1730 UAH per ton, but on the Ukraine-controlled territory there are now only 4 mines that fall under this price”,…
A new subsidiary of Evraz Metal Inprom has been opened in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Its goal is to increase sales on the island and the company share in the region by 10%. Evraz ZSMK has already shipped the first rolled metal to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The first steps to expand the company presence in the Far East were taken…
In 2017 Electrozinc, a part of UMMC, will continue shipping dump clinker for processing at the industrial enterprises of Ural. According to the agreements, the volume of product, received in the process of zinc manufacture, will increase from 21.9 thousand tons in 2016 to 32 thousand tons. Since the year-start over 1 thousand tons of…
In 2016 Amurmetal produced 185.52 thousand tons of steel, down by 65.5% YoY. In H2 2016 the company decided to concentrate its activities on the local market, thus stopping all exports in Q4 2016. In 2016 Amurmetal exported 103.83 thousand tons of metal, or 50% of the total sales. The main consumers were Vietnam, Thailand,…
In 2016 Ukraine imported 933,408 tons of anthracite valued at $68.663 million, which is equal to average price of $73.60 per ton. According to the State Statistics Service, 566,721 tons of anthracite for $45.769 million ($80.80 per ton) were imported from Russia and 366,659 tons for $22.88 million ($62.40 per ton) from South Africa. In…