In January-October Ukrainian ferroalloy companies decreased output by 20%, to 702.5 thousand tons, compared to the same period of last year. In particular, silicomanganese output decreased by 17.2%, to 509.9 thousand tons, ferromanganese – by 54.5%, to 65.8 thousand tons, metallic manganese – by 45.1%, to 7.2 thousand tons, while ferrosilicon (45%) production increased by…
By 2020 Ukrainian sheet steel market would have increased twofold as compared to 2012, to around 1.2 million tons, says Andrey Ozeichuk, business-director of Ruuki-Ukraine. But, according to his forecsts, next year Ukrainian demand for sheet steel would fall by 5-7%. He says, sheet steel market volume last year was almost 510 thousand tons. But…
In the first 10 months of the current year the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 5.3223 million tons, up by 0.3% year on year, as announced by the company. In addition, in the first 10 months of the year ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih saw a…
In January-September Ukrainian metallurgical companies increased steel output by 1%, to 24.847 million tons, pig iron production – by 2.5%, to 21.897 million tons, while rolled metal manufacture decreased by 1%, to 21.920 million tons, all on year on year basis. In September steel output decreased by 4.1%, to 2.806 million tons, as compared to…
In January-August capacity of the Ukrainian scrap market decreased by 5%, to 3.198 million tons YoY. In particular, angle sales have fallen by 19%, to 120 thousand tons. Hot-rolled sheet and coil sales have decreased by 11%, to 1.315 villion tons, and beam sales – by 7%, to 38 thousand tons, all year on year. (Ukrainian…
In October Zaporizhstal’s finished steel product output increased by 2.5% year on year to 291,000 tons, while its crude steel production remained unchanged year on year at 333,600 tons, according to the company’s preliminary results.In the January-October period, Zaporizhstal saw a 4.5% year-on-year rise in its finished steel product output to 2.733 million tons, while…
Total steel consumption in Ukraine by industrial companies is expected to decline to 6.3 million tons in 2013, down by 3.08% year on year, amid the industry crisis in the country, according to Metinvest’s retail sales network in Ukraine, Metinvest-SMC. At the same time, the total steel consumption by small consumers is expected to stay…
According to the figures issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in January-October Ukrainian companies produced 1.404 million tons of pipes, down by 21% compared to January-October 2012.In October Ukraine’s steel pipe production decreased by 19.8% compared to September, to 113,000 tons. (SteelOrbis/Ukrainian metal)