Ukraine raised coke production by 23% YoY in January 2013
In the first month of 2013 Ukraine augmented coke production by 23.3% YoY to 171,500 tons. Ukraine raised coke import in January by 77.5% YoY to 119,900 tons. (SteelGuru)
ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih crude steel output down by 3% in January 2013
In January the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 536,500 tons, down by 3.35% YoY.In addition, in the given month ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih registered a 2.04% decrease YoY in its finished steel output to 469,900 tons, while pig iron production decreased by 1.07% YoY…
Ukraine’s long steel product imports down by 5% in 2012
According to the data issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in 2012 Ukrainian exports of long steel products decreased by 0.2% YoY to 5.729 million tons. In December 2012 Ukraine’s long steel product exports increased by 14% MoM to 506,850 tons.In 2012 Ukraine registered a 4.7% decrease year on year in its long steel product…
Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works to cut steel product output in February 2013
Ukrainian steelmaker Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass, has announced that in February it plans to cut its crude steel production by 5% compared to January to 380,000 tons and to reduce its production of steel products by 4% MoM to around 350,000 tons due…
Ukraine’s flat steel exports down by 13% in 2012
According to the data issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in 2012 Ukraine registered an 8.8% increase year on year in its flat steel imports to 1.002 million tons. In December 2012 Ukraine’s flat steel imports decreased by 11.9% compared to November to 69,190 tons.In 2012 Ukraine’s flat steel exports decreased by 13.1% compared to…
ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih CCM achieves planned output
ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, stated that the output of its continuous casting machine exceeded 100,000 tons of billets in January this year.This result means the planned annual output capacity of 1.2 million tons of 150 mm x 150 mm steel billets may be reached in the current…
Ukraine agrees on duty free supplies of steel pipes to Russia in H1 2013
Ukraine has agreed on a protocol on duty free supplies of steel pipes to Russia amounting to 120,000 tons in the H1 of 2013.The protocol amends the agreement on the regulation of supplies of some types of steel pipes from Ukraine to Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. In addition, in the first half of the current…
Zaporozhye Ferroalloys Plant likely to resume operation in March 2013
Zaporozhye Ferroalloys Plant, Ukraine’s No 2 ferroalloy producer, will probably resume operation by March following a 2.5 month shutdown.ZFP was forced to shut operation in early December 2012, citing high power prices. The company later asked Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to intervene to make sure the company gets power price discount that had been earlier…