In January-May Ukraine sold 660.8 billion UAH worth of industrial products (588.2 billion UAH in January-May 2015), including 177.2 billion UAH exported (174.5 billion UAH). According to the State Statistics Committee, metal and metal wares accounted for 17% of the total volume, while mining products totaled 12.1%. In May mining sales went up by 15.7%…
DTEK, which produces some 70% of electricity in Ukraine, has received the first offers from power-generating coal suppliers from SAR and Australia, who can sell it at 1.7-2.15 thousand UAH ($68.5-86.6) per ton with 5.7 thousand kcal quality. According to the company commercial director John Woodham, deliveries from the temporarily uncontrolled territories (the so-called Donetsk…
In January-June Ferrexpo produced 5.72 million tons of iron ore pellets, down by 1.6% YoY. According to the company statement, 65% Fe content pellets output went up by 5.9% YoY, to 5.35 million tons, that of 62% Fe content fell by 51.9% YoY, to 363.9 thousand tons. Ferrexpo own ore pellets output totaled 5.7 million…
In January-June Ukrainian companies mined 18975.1 thousand tons of coal, down by 2.6% YoY, or by 496.6 thousand tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, coking coal mining went up by 7.3% YoY, or by 4357.1 thousand tons, while that of power-generating coal dropped by 5.1% YoY, or by 793.6 thousand tons,…
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR66.0825* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.166* min max min max April 318 545 291 340 May 451 614 368 468 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 31.05.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
DTEK draws attention to the highly unstable deliveries of A-grade coal from the terrorist-occupied regions of Donbass. “The delivery volume is extremely low”, said the DTEK Energo communications department director Irina Milyutina. According to DTEK, daily deliveries total 7-10 tons. (Ukrainian metal)
NLMK Group has started hot testing two high-pressure grinding rollers at section 4 of Stoilensky’s beneficiation plant. The new process will now cover 50% of Stoilensky’s grinding capacity. High pressure grinding roller (HPGR) technology is new to the Russian market. Stoilensky was the first to commission HPGR units. These will enable a 10% increase in…
For the past few weeks the Black Sea pig iron price fall has been lower than in May. Metal companies try to shift prices to August output. Metinvest kept its prices on the level of $250 per ton CFR Turkey and Italy. Its latest sales to Turkey were at $245-250 per ton, and to Italy…
