In January-August Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works trading house in Schelkovo increased its sections sales share in the Central region from 7% to 12%, while the market itself dropped by 2% since the beginning of the year. But the trading house sales went up by 76% YoY, to 42 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.91* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.489* min max min max July 31 37 34 39 August 33 39 31 36 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.08.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
Zaporizhstal has started using the new exsufflation system of the casting yard at its blast furnace No. 2. According to the company statement, investments totaled 80 million UAH. For the past 4 years Zaporizhstal invested some 5.6 billion UAH into environmental modernization of its manufacture. The major projects this year are the new sintering machine…
In January-September Magadan region mined 22.21 tons of gold and 680.08 tons of silver, up by 9.3% and down by 22.18% YoY respectively. In 2015 Kolyma companies mined 24.5 tons of gold and 1127.5 tons of silver, up by 1.5% and 17.3% YoY respectively. This year the local administration expects gold mining to reach 27…
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.91* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.489* Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max min max min max July 409 518 343 392 375 385 August 385 493 343 360 370 380 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.08.16…
In January-August Russia imported 2.76 million tons of ferrous metals, down by 1.63% YoY. Far foreign countries supplied 1.81 million tons of ferrous metals. According to the Federal Customs Service, steel imports (not counting pig iron, ferroalloys and scrap) decreased by 8.59%, to 2.28 million tons. Steel pipes imports grew by 19.76% YoY, to 0.29…
In January-August Russia exported 28.65 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 3.4% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, pig iron exports went up by 3.6%, to 3.39 million tons, that of carbon steel semi-finished products – by 3.8%, to 9.72 million tons, all YoY. In monetary terms ferrous exports fell by 16.6% YoY,…
Machine-building works of Corum Group are loaded at more than 100%. “Our clients are returning to their old investment projects. The underground mining equipment sees the largest demand. This is all due to the increase of demand for and prices of coking coal and the preparation to the heating season”, said the company CEO Yakov…