On October 15, Donetsk Iron and Steel Works, situated in the territory of the Russia-supported terrorist organization Donetsk People’s Republic, put its blast furnace No. 1 into operation. The halt of the BF was connected with the overhaul. Repairs at BF2 are underway. (Ukrainian metal)
Since 2013 Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has decreased natural gas consumption by 69 million cubic meters, or by 40%. According to the company CEO Yuri Zinchenko, thanks to the ISO 50001 implementation the works was also able to save 46 million kW-h of electricity, thus saving over 500 million UAH. At present the…
Ukrmetallurgprom believes that in November steel output will total 1.9 million tons, with pig iron production at 1.9 million tons and rolled metal at 1.7 million tons. In September Ukraine produced 1.86 million tons of steel, 1.83 million tons of pig iron and 1.74 million tons of rolled metal. In January-September steel output totaled 18.23…
In Q 3 DTEK Energo mined 7.8 million tons of power-generating coal, up by 29% QoQ. The increase allows the company to satisfy the growing needs of thermal power plants in fuel. Coal output also increased by 10.5% YoY. Fuel demand increase in summer made the group review its plans on coalmining. So in H2…
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.91* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.489* min max min max July 447 680 350 412 August 447 680 368 417 * – 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…
Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works plans to increase sales of rolled metal for construction in 2016 by 20% YoY. “The increase will be reached due to opening new markets”, finance vice-president and section director Grigory Fedorishin said. “In 2015 demand for rolled metal for construction dropped by 17%, and this year we have lost 10-15%…
In July-September DTEK Dobropolyeugol mined 633.8 thousand tons of G-grade coal, up by 25% QoQ. The coal has been supplied to Ukrainian thermal power plants. Since the beginning of the year Dobropolyeugol miners yielded 2.1 million tons of coal. In Q3 DTEK mined 7.8 million tons of power-generating coal, up by 29% QoQ. (Ukrainian metal)
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.91* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.489* Export, Ukraine, $/t, DAP Ukrainian border Export, Russia, $/t, DAP Russian border min max min max min max min max July 488 634 442 442 446 558 430 586 August 488 634 378 433 446 558 407 626 * –…
