Mr. Oleksandr Kyrychko, CEO of Interpipe, said that Interpipe had plans to put into operation the Dniprostal steel smelting complex in March 2012.According to Mr. Kyrychko, cold tests at the factory are expected to begin on October and hot tests should begin in December.All the tests are expected to be completed in early March, and…
Ukrainian steel pipe and railway wheel producer Interpipe plans to increase its steel pipe production in the current year by 16.5% YoY to 990,000 tons.In particular, the company will produce around 750,000 tons of seamless pipes and 240,000 tons of welded pipes, up by 15.4% and 20% respectively compared to 2010. Also, in 2011 Interpipe…
According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in November Ukraine’s crude steel production will stay at the level of 3.03 million tons.According to Metallurgprom forecast, pig iron output in Ukraine will be around 2.560 million tons in November, while production of rolled steel will rise to 2.73 million tons.In October Ukrainian metallurgical companies…
UKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROUND BILLETS UKRAINE&RUSSIA: SQUARE BILLETS Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR28.0758* Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH7.9723* min max min max August 812.09 822.77 566.48 674.59 September 812.09 822.77 561.60 659.38 Month Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports Export, Russia, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, Ukraine biggest steel producer, reduced finished roll production by 9.2% YoY to 3.616 million tons in January to September.Crude steel production fell by 9.5% to 4.095 million tons and pig iron was down by 11% to 3.502 million tons. The plant produced 419,700 tons of roll, 476,500 tons of steel and 402,000…
According to the preliminary data, in the first nine months of 2011 Ukraine’s finished steel product output was up by 5.8% YoY to 22.806 million tons, crude steel product output increased by 8.1% to 26.053 million tons and pig iron production went up by 6% to 21.511 million tons.The country’s production of metallurgical coke went…
In the January to September period of the current year the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 4.118 million tons, down by 9% YoY.In the first nine months of the year ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih registered a 10% decrease YoY in its finished steel output…
Steel pipe production in Ukraine soared 35.2% YoY in January to September to 1.676 million tons.Pipe production in September came to 176,300 tons.The Metinvest holding’s Khartsyzsk Pipe Works, Ukraine’s largest pipe producer, boosted output considerably in order to meet orders from Russian oil pipeline operator Transneft. (Ukrtruboprom)