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…
In January-July Russia exported 2.03 million tons of aluminum, up by 0.3% YoY. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, exports to foreign countries grew by 0.1%, to 1.99 million tons, while those to CIS dropped by 8.1% YoY, to 61.5 thousand tons. At the same time in monetary terms exports fell by 28.1%,…
Poltava Mining and Processing Works has been granted the right to trade in its shares. The decision to prohibit deals with PGOK shares was taken on November 11, 2014. The last trade at Ukrainian Stock Exchange was carried out on November 14, 2014, with share price going up by 2.65%, to 16.48 UAH. PGOK was…
According to the Independent miners union of Ukraine, the state owes 890 million UAH to miners, or $33.4 million. Earlier the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik claimed the debt was 355 million UAH ($13.3 million). “This is not true, as some state-run coal companies still have December 2015 salary debts. According to…