On November 6, a fire broke out at the Dneprovskiy Iron and Steel Works. The fire broke out at 10:40. Power cables in oxygen-converter shop ignited. As a result of the fire some 30 meters of cables were damaged. The operation of the works was suspended. At 12:10 the fire was localized and at 13:33…
In January-October, Energomashspetsstal decreased steel output by 29.1% YoY, to 39 thousand tons. In October, manufacture totaled 2 thousand tons, down from 3 thousand tons in September. Last year, EMSS produced 63 thousand tons of steel, down by 6.8% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
Under its program to modernize manufacturing capacities, Zaporozhkoks has completed a 5-year repair of the coke-oven batteries Nos. 5 and 6 having invested 400 million UAH. The repair began in 2016. 122 coking chambers have been repaired, with reinforcing elements replaced. In 2020, Zaporozhkoks increased blast furnace coke output by 3.1% YoY, to 853.12 thousand…
In January-October, enterprises of the Urktruboprom Association increased pipe output by 30% YoY, to 581.8 thousand tons. In particular, Interpipe Niko Tube increased manufacture by 95.7% and Trubostal – by 21.4%. At the same time, Centravis decreased production of stainless pipes by 5.9% and Interpipe NMTZ – by 30.1%. Dneprovskiy Pipe Works has been declared…
The State Service of Geology and Subsoil has denied the provision of a special license to extract uranium ore at the Safonosvskiy site in Nikolayev region to Nuclear Energy Systems of Ukraine LLC. The decision was based on the company providing untrue data. Moreover, recommendations of a working group on subsoil use were taken into…
On November 1, Interpipe Steel successfully resumed operation after 12 days of scheduled repairs. In addition to traditional replacement of parts, 5 sections of water-cooling gas pipeline and a bearing of the arch furnace were replaced. Moreover technological axles were installed at both continuous-casting machines. All the scheduled work was fulfilled. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-September, Metinvest increased steel output by 13% YoY, to 6.93 million tons. In particular, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works produced 3.2 million tons of steel, up by 7%, and Azovstal – 3.34 million tons, up by 6%. Rolled metal manufacture grew by 23%, to 5.3 million tons, with flat rolled metal up by…
The Ministry of Economy has developed and submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers a bill on the increase of the ferrous scrap export duty to EUR 200 per ton. The decision was taken without discussion with the market players. In January-September, Ukraine increased scrap export 27.2-fold YoY, to $175.6 million, and import – 2-fold, to…
