In January-August Evraz Sukhaya Balka produced 1.86 million tons of iron ore, down by 1% YoY. In August iron ore output totaled 327 thousand tons, up from 232 thousand tons in July. In 2015 Evraz Sukhaya Balka produced 2.81 million tons of iron ore, down by 2.7% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-August Interpipe-Steel produced 401 thousand tons of steel, up by 1.5% YoY. In August the works smelted 45 thousand tons of steel, down from 53 thousand tons in July. The company confirmed problems with ferrous scrap supplies. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-August Ukrainian companies supplied 1.99 million tons of ferrous scrap to local metal producers, down by 8.1% YoY. According to the Ministry of economic development and trade, this is 83% of the scrap needs. In August metal companies received 240 thousand tons of scrap and 254 thousand tons in July. Scrap exports in January-August…
Ukraine sees the decrease in scrap procurement. In H1 scrap procurement dropped by 40% YoY. In January-June Ukraine procured 1590 thousand tons of scrap, down from 2393 thousand tons in H1 2015. The main reason for the decrease is the low local prices. As of July 1, 1 ton of scrap FOB Black Sea cost…
The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree, which increases the ferrous scrap metal export duty from 10 euro per ton to 30 euro. The Verkhovnaya Rada adopted the decree on April 21. The decree presupposed the temporary duty increase – for 3 years. But the President vetoed it, and returned it to…
Energomashspetsstal has concluded a contract to produce machinery for ISD Dunaferr (Hungary). EMSS will produce 5 slag ladles with the volume of 11 cubic meters. The weight of the lot will be 82 tons. The products will be shipped to the buyer in November. Energomashspetsstal has been producing slag ladles since 1987. (Ukrainian metal)
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has launched the first phase of Hot Strip Mill (HSM) 1700 modernization. The large-scale upgrade of rolling equipment for HSM 1700 will include installation of modern coiling equipment able to handle coils up to 27 tons. Major overhaul of Reheat Furnace No.1 will be part of the second phase.…
In January-July MMK sold 948 thousand tons of metal in Povolzhye region. For the company this is the second largest sales region of Russia after the Ural region. MMK supplies mostly hot-rolled metal to Povolzhye. Cold-rolled metal sales start growing. The main consumers in Povolzhye are construction and machine-building – 54% and 25% respectively. (Ukrainian…
