In January Dneprospetsstal produced 20.29 thousand tons of steel, down by 5.1% MoM. At the same time, rolled metal output increased by 4.1% MoM, to 14.17 thousand tons. The total cost of products manufactured in January reached 619.9 million UAH, up by 7.3% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
In February Zaporizhstal produced 254.3 thousand tons of pig iron, 293.3 thousand tons of steel and 247.1 thousand tons of rolled metal. According to the company YoY decrease has to do with the blast furnace No. 3 being shut down in November 2016 for a large-scale overhaul. The company invested 1.5 billion UAH in the…
In January Russia transported 5.9 million tons of ferrous metals via its railroad network, up by 7.3% YoY. The key importers, which increased volumes, were Turkey (up by 25% YoY), Taiwan (up by 10%) and the USA (up 1.5-fold). At the same time Italy decreased imports by 15%. In the short term ferrous metals exports…
In January raw magnesium production increased by 7.3% YoY and by 1.4% MoM. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, magnesium alloys output went up by 21.5% YoY, but dropped by 35.5% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
The Sredneuralsk Copper Works, a part of UMMC, has assembled a centrifugal casting machine and two induction melting furnaces with the capacity of 1 ton each at its non-ferrous castings site. The size of the site, which is situated in the repairs premises, is 400 square meters. The company has also purchased two casting ladles…
TUV has audited the welding processes at the Zagorsky Pipe Works. Technological welding processes and pipe repairs have been certified according to EN ISO 15614-1. The welders have been certified according to ISO 9606-1. (Ukrainian metal)
As the result of the coal blockade of Donbass Ukraine could lose some $3.5 billion of revenues a year, as well as 75 thousand jobs and 4 billion UAH budget revenues. According to the Ukrmetallurgprom president Alexander Kalenkov, the blockade also affects energy and metal systems of Ukraine. The local metallurgical complex is a single…
After the coal deliveries from the temporarily occupied regions of Donbass have been blocked, Ukraine has only two countries from which to buy it – USA and Russia, and the latter has just increased its price by 37%. “At first Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works was shut down following the shelling, then people blocked the…
