In January-March Zaporizhstal, a part of the Metinvest group, decreased its gas consumption by 18%, or 13.8 million cubic meters, YoY, from 75.4 million to 61.6 million cubic meters. This allowed the company to save 41.3 million UAH. While gas consumption in the first quarter of the current year decreased, output volumes increased by 5%…
In March metal companies consumed 240 million cubic meters of gas, down by 4.4%, or 11 million cubic meters, MoM. Average daily gas consumption by metal companies totaled 7.8 million cubic meters. In February gas consumption by Ukrainian metal companies decreased by 3.4%, or 9 million cubic meters, to 251 million cubic meters, to January…
Experts forecast steel output on the level of 2.7 million tons in May, that of pig iron at 2.56 million tons, and 2.5 million tons of rolled metal. To ensure the manufacture of such volumes, metal companies will need 630 thousand tons of sinter ore, 1580 thousand tons of concentrate, 520 thousand tons of sinter,…
In the first quarter of 2014 UK-based Ferrexpo plc, owner of the Poltava and Yeristovo mining and processing works (PGOK and EGOK respectively), increased pellets output by 10.4%, to 2.8 million tons. In particular, in the first quarter the company increased output of pellets of its own raw materials by 9.2%, to 2.7 million tons,…
In 2013 within the program of strengthening its positions on strategic markets, Metinvest Holding increased the range of its metal wares by 30 products, which allowed the company to expand the range of its customers and create additional sales opportunities. This resulted in sales increase by 37% on the markets of Middle East and Northern…
In January-February Ukrainian ferroalloy companies increased output by 51.7%, to 172.2 thousand tons, YoY. In particular, silicomanganese production increased by 34.4%, to 125.8 thousand tons, that of ferromanganese – by 27.2%, to 17.3 thousand tons, while ferrosilicone (45%) output rose 4.6 times, to 29.1 thousand tons. Ukrainian mining-metallurgical companies increased manganese concentrate output by 42.9%,…
In January-March Ukrainian metal companies smelted 7.53 million tons of steel, down by 9% YoY. Rolled metal manufacture decreased by 8%, to 6.73 million tons. Steel pipes production in January-March fell to 0.34 million tons, down by 15% YoY. The country produced 7 million tons of pig iron, down by 3% YoY. In 2014 Ukrainian…
In March South Mining and Processing Works (UGOK) decreased its concentrate output by 0.55%, to 887.1 thousand tons, YoY. Sinter production went down by 14.9%, to 200 thousand tons. In January-March UGOK increased concentrate output by 5.65%, to 2736.4 thousand tons, YoY. Sinter production fell by 12.11%, to 617 thousand tons. Decrease in concentrate output…