In January steel output in Ukraine decreased by 21.4%, to 1028 thousand tons, as compared with January 2013, and by 9.4% with December 2013. Continuous casting semi-finished products output totalled 1454 thousand tons in January, down by 2% YoY and 2.6% as to December 2013. Rolled ferrous metals output in January decreased by 15.4%, to…
UKRAINE&;RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRONUKRAINE&;RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON UKRAINE&;RUSSIA: ROUND BILLETS UKRAINE&;RUSSIA: SQUARE BILLETS UKRAINE&;RUSSIA: ROLLED WIRE Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR32.1961* min max December 546.65 782.70 January 555.97 782.70 Month Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH7.9898* min max December 678.36 729.43 January 678.36 729.43 Month Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max December…
In January Ferrexpo plc (UK), controlling Poltava and Yeristov Mining Processing Complexes (PGOK and EGOK), increased iron ore concentrate output by 10.9%, to 1.197 million tons, as compared with January 2013. That marks the maximum result since August 1983 when the company entered the business and PGOK produced 1.188 million tons. In January PGOK produced…
In January Ukrainian refractory material producers decreased their output by 23%, to 19 thousand tons, as compared with January 2013. According to Liliya Shumyachkova, CEO of the Ukrogneupor association, the main reason for the decrease was the absence of orders from mining-metallurgical companies. Some metal companies haven’t even placed orders for 2014. In January metal…
In the first 10 days of February the average daily pig iron output was on the level of 75.3 thousand tons, that of steel – 79.7 thousand tons, and of rolled metal – 66.5 thousand tons. That roughly equals the level of the beginning of January, but much lower that the results of both January…
In 2013 Ukrainian production of iron ore raw materials increased by 4.8%, to 81.2 million tons, up by 5 million tons YoY. All product categories witnessed the rise: ore – by 715 thousand tons, or 5.3%, concentrate – by 635 thousand tons, or 1.6%, pellets – by 1989 thousand tons, or 9.1%, and sinter –…
Ukrainian pig iron and ferroalloys export in 2013 went up by 1.1%, to $1.7 billion. Pig iron export constituted $823 million, while ferroalloys export was on the level of $906 million. At the same time Ukraine imported $6 million worth of pig iron and $318 million worth of ferroalloys. Ukraine traded with 8 countries. The…
In March metal output is forecast to increase by 8.5-11.5% to that of the February level. In particular, pig iron output would reach 2600 thousand tons (on average 83.9 thousand tons daily), up by 11.5% compared with February. Steel smelting would be 2700 thousand tons (87.1 thousand tons a day), up by 8.5% to the…
