Ukraine: Metinvest steel output up in H1 2016
In January-June Metinvest produced 4.18 million tons of carbon steel, up by 8% YoY. According to the company statement, Q2 output totaled 2.19 million tons, up by 10% QoQ. (Ukrainian metal)
Ukraine: UGOK concentrate output down in July 2016
In January-July Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works produced 6.33 million tons of concentrate, down by 6.2% YoY. According to the company statement, its sinter output increased by 21.9% YoY, to 1.14 million tons. In July UGOK produced 923.6 thousand tons of concentrate and 225.7 thousand tons of sinter, down by 10.7% and up by 25.3%…
Metals of Ukraine & Russia: ferromanganese, June 2016
Month Russian market, $/t, DDP, without VAT, $1/RUR64.2575* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, DDP, $1/UAH24.854* min max min max May 635 900 720 1750 June 700 920 760 1750 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.06.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
Ukraine: metal output up in January-July 2016
In January-July Ukraine produced 14.49 million tons of carbon steel, up by 10.5% YoY. Pig iron output went up by 16.3%, to 13.99 million tons, while that of rolled metal – by 10.5%, to 12.68 million tons, all YoY. Metallurgical coke production rose by 20.4%, to 7.56 million tons, while that of steel pipes dropped…
Russia: rolled metal output down in H1 2016
In January-June Russia produced 29.7 million tons of rolled metal, down by 600 thousand tons YoY. Rolled sections output dropped by 3.8% YoY, to 9 million tons, while hot-rolled sheet manufacture increased by 1.3%, to 13.7 million tons. At the same time cold-rolled sheet output fell by 5.4% YoY, to 9.8 million tons. Billets for…
Russia: Metalloinvest ore output up in Q2 2016
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.2575* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH24.854* min max min max May 445 508 477 477 June 490 557 509 509 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.06.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
Metals of Ukraine & Russia: angles (ordinary steel), June 2016
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.2575* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH24.854* min max min max May 432 631 372 565 June 432 659 412 469 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.06.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
Tajikistan: TALCO reportedly continues losing money
EurasiaNet.org reported on July 28 that the Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO) continued losing money despite production at the aluminum smelter being on the increase. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) reportedly links the losses to falling metal prices on the international market and the rise in cost for inputs. The MoF said that at the end…