Kominmet sees steel pipe output in H1 up by 22% YoY
It is reported that in the H1 of the current year Ukrainian pipe producer Kominmet increased its steel pipe production by 22% YoY to 88,100 tons. (SteelOrbis)
Metinvest to increase steel output by 61% after Ilyich deal
Metinvest, Ukraine’s largest steelmaker, plans to increase production by 61% this year after combining assets with competitor Mariupol Iron and Steel Works named after Ilyich and modernizing its plants.Mr. Sergiy Novikov, CFO of Metinvest, said the steelmaker expected to produce as much as 15 million tons of steel in 2011.He said the company would concentrate…
Ukrainian pig iron exports rise in January to May
According to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in January to May Ukrainian exports of pig iron increased by 9% YoY to 0.630 million tons.In May alone exports of pig iron from Ukraine decreased by 47.7% compared to April, falling to 10,400 tons. In January to May Ukrainian imports…
Ukrainian metallurgical companies up sales by 37% in January to May
According to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, in January to May Ukrainian metallurgical companies increased their product sales by 37% YoY to UAH 100.036 billion.In 2010 Ukrainian metallurgical companies increased sales by 45.3% compared to 2009 to UAH 189.442 billion. (SteelOrbis)
Ukrainian semi-finished steel exports fall slightly in January to May
According to the data, released by the metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in January to May Ukrainian exports of semi-finished steel products decreased by 0.1%YoY to 4.781 million tons.In January to May, Ukraine exported 2.690 million tons of slabs, up by 18.5%, while exports of square billets dropped by 18.6% to 2.044…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih starts installing billet caster
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the Luxembourg-based steel giant ArcelorMittal, has started to install its continuous casting billet mill. The steelmaker announced the beginning of the construction of its new continuous casting complex one year ago. The complex is due to start production operations in September.The estimated capacity of the six strand billet…
Ukraine steel pipe production to rise 15-20% in 2011
According to the Ukrainian association of tube producers UkrTruboProm, in the current year Ukraine’s production of steel pipes may go up by 15-20% compared to 2010, to 2.2-2.3 million tons.The expected level of steel pipe production in 2011 is still lower than the pre-crisis level of 2008, when Ukrainian companies produced 2.522 million tons of…
MAY 2011
UKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROUND BILLETS UKRAINE&RUSSIA: SQUARE BILLETS UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROLLED WIRE UKRAINE&RUSSIA: SLABS Month Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max April 600.00 610.00 May 640.00 660.00 Month Export, Russia, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max April 610.00 630.00 May 650.00 660.00 * – Ukrainian Hrivna…