In January to May 2012 Ukraine’s exports of steel products decreased by 6.3% YoY to 9.884 million tons.In May alone Ukraine’s steel product exports increased by 11.6% compared to April to 2.357 million tons. In the first five months of the current year Ukraine registered a 9.2% YoY increase in its steel product imports to…
In January to May 2012 Ukrainian exports of pig iron increased by 16.4% YoY to 732,800 tons.In May alone exports of pig iron from Ukraine decreased by 19% compared to April to 170,400 tons. In January to May 2012 Ukrainian imports of pig iron decreased by 45.8% YoY to 16,000 tons. (SteelOrbis)
Ukrainian mining group and steel producer Metinvest plans to shift its investment focus from iron ore to steel for the rest of this decade, as it sees value moving back from the raw material to the alloy.The company is planning to boost its steel production to 25 million tons by 2020 from 15 million tons…
In January to May 2012 the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 2.5487 million tons, up by 11.1% YoY.In the first five months of the year ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih registered a 6.4% increase YoY in its finished steel output to 2.1604 million tons. Pig…
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, one of Ukraine’s largest steel producers, schedules the shutoff of hot galvanizing machine #1 at the beginning of July. The decision is based on low demand from both domestic and international customers.Nevertheless, the company will keep running hot galvanizing machine #2. (Phoenix Capital)
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih’s steel output rose by 8.35% YoY in May from the same month a year earlier. The company did not give a reason for the increase.The company said output rose to 502,000 tons from 463,300 tons. Pig iron output rose to 443,000 tons from 396,300 tons. (SteelGuru)
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, Ukraine’s biggest steel producer, increased production of finished roll by 6.4% YoY to 2.16 million tons in January to May 2012.Steel output increased by 11.1% to 2.549 million tons and pig iron – by 13.6% to 2.229 million tons. Production of finished roll in May came to 399,600 tons, steel – to…
UKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROUND BILLETS UKRAINE&RUSSIA: SQUARE BILLETS Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR32.1961* Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH7.9898* min max min max April 664.68 748.54 526.72 689.63 May 664.68 748.54 521.46 645.13 Month Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports Export, Russia, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min…