In January-April, metal companies consumed around 650 million cubic meters of natural gas, up by 8.3% YoY. Electricity consumption grew by 3.9%, to 3.76 billion kW-h. In 4 months, Ukraine produced 7.14 million tons of steel (+7.2%), 7.07 million tons of pig iron (+9%) and 6.39 million tons of rolled metal (+7%). (Ukrainian metal)
In January-April, Dneprospetsstal increased rolled metal output by 19.1% YoY, to 56 thousand tons. Steel manufacture grew by 13.4%, to 76 thousand tons. In April, DSS produced 21 thousand tons of steel and 14 thousand tons of rolled metal. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-April, Ukraine exported 86.98 thousand tons of ferrous scrap (including 37.87 thousand tons in April), up 7.5-fold YoY, valued at $30.7 million, up 10-fold. According to the State Customs Service, imports grew by 36.1%, to 7.76 thousand tons valued at $13.01 million, up 2.1-fold. The main suppliers were Turkey (61.77% in monetary terms), Russia…
In January-April, Ferrexpo decreased shipments of iron ore raw materials to seaports via railroad by 26.3% YoY, to 0.5 million tons. At the same time, sales to the EU grew by 40.8%, to 1.2 million tons. In particular, the Zolotnishino station shipped 3.7 million tons of iron ore, down by 13.1%. The main volume was…
Zaporizhstal has expanded its range of hot-rolled metal products. Thus, according to the order of Sahathai Steel Pipe Public Company Limited, Thailand, the company has produced hot-rolled coils with improved properties thanks to micro-alloying with boron. The new products correspond to high requirements of international standards and will be used to produce steel pipes. The…
In January-March, Russia produced 58.02 tons of gold, down by 4.6% YoY. The share of extracted gold was 80.7%, or 46.85 tons, down by 2.6%. Amur region demonstrated the largest drop – to 3.8 tons from 6.6 tons in Q1 2020. Krasnoyarsk region produced the most gold – 11.8 tons, up by 0.6%, followed by…
In April, Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works increased rolled metal output by 12.2% MoM, to 24.9 thousand tons. Pig iron manufacture grew by 0.8%, to 25.98 thousand tons, while that of steel – dropped by 2.8%, to 28.5 thousand tons. The company has also produced 40.2 thousand tons of coke, down by 3.2% MoM, but…
In January-April, Ukraine procured 1.24 million tons of ferrous scrap, up by 30.3% YoY. The growth was due to high purchasing prices. Scrap deliveries to metal works went up by 22.3%, to 1.120 million tons. Reserves are estimated at 150-160 thousand tons. Exports amounted to 87 thousand tons, up from 11.6 thousand tons in January-April…