Ukraine’s steel total consumption in 2011 was expected to reach 8.2 million tons, up by 10-15% from a year earlier.Furthermore, it is expected to have more remarkable increase on the steel tube sector and mechanical engineering. Meanwhile, it’s known that Zaporizhstal, Ukraine’s fourth largest steel maker, increased its steel shipment by 90 thousand tons in…
According to Derzhzovnishinform, the Ukrainian national research and information center for monitoring international commodity markets (DZI), Ukrainian export prices of steel pipes will rise by 8-10% up to the end of the Q2 of the current year while domestic steel pipe quotations will increase by not more than 5-6% in the same period.Ukrainian steel pipe…
According to the data, released by the metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in the Q1 of the current year Ukrainian exports of semi-finished steel products increased by 3.2% YoY to 2.716 million tons.In January to March Ukraine exported 1.535 million tons of slabs, up by 27.8%, while exports of square billets dropped…
According to the data released by the metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in the first 3 months of the current year Ukrainian imports of rolled steel increased by 23.8% YoY to 371,200 tons.In March Ukraine imported 136,500 tons of rolled steel, up by 18.3% compared to February, and marking an increase of…
Ukrainian steel companies reported their financial statements for the Q1 2011, which turned out to be much worse than expected.Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works posted negative EBITDA of $45 million which increased 1.5 times YoY, net losses almost doubled to $52 million. Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works’ net losses increased by a factor of…
Metinvest will become the first and only company in Ukraine to offer clients a maximum wide product range of structural shapes. Starting with Q2 of 2011 the network of service metal centers will be able to offer a full product range of structurals for their clients, including items that were not available before. The output…
UKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROUND BILLETS UKRAINE&RUSSIA: SQUARE BILLETS Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR31.38 Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH 5.33* min max min max February 464.82 774.38 791.76 1008.90 March 806.25 857.23 791.76 1008.90 Month Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports Export, Russia, $/t, FOB Black sea ports…
According to the data issued by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, in January to February Ukraine’s metallurgical sector registered an aggregate loss of UAH 1.11 billion compared to the aggregate loss of about UAH 2.437 billion in January to February 2010.In the January to February period of the current year, 52% of all Ukrainian…