Ukrainian steelmaker Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass, has announced that in February it plans to cut its crude steel production by 5% compared to January to 380,000 tons and to reduce its production of steel products by 4% MoM to around 350,000 tons due…
According to the data issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in 2012 Ukraine registered an 8.8% increase year on year in its flat steel imports to 1.002 million tons. In December 2012 Ukraine’s flat steel imports decreased by 11.9% compared to November to 69,190 tons.In 2012 Ukraine’s flat steel exports decreased by 13.1% compared to…
ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, stated that the output of its continuous casting machine exceeded 100,000 tons of billets in January this year.This result means the planned annual output capacity of 1.2 million tons of 150 mm x 150 mm steel billets may be reached in the current…
Ukraine has agreed on a protocol on duty free supplies of steel pipes to Russia amounting to 120,000 tons in the H1 of 2013.The protocol amends the agreement on the regulation of supplies of some types of steel pipes from Ukraine to Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. In addition, in the first half of the current…
Zaporozhye Ferroalloys Plant, Ukraine’s No 2 ferroalloy producer, will probably resume operation by March following a 2.5 month shutdown.ZFP was forced to shut operation in early December 2012, citing high power prices. The company later asked Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to intervene to make sure the company gets power price discount that had been earlier…
According to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, in January Ukraine did not export any steel scrap, while in January 2012 the country had exported 62,248 tons of scrap worth a total of $26,230 million.In January Ukraine’s scrap imports increased 4.3 times YoY to 4.281 tons worth a total of $1,815 million. (SteelGuru)
Ukraine’s steel industry produced 2.524 million tons of finished roll in January, 1% less than in the same month last year.Crude steel production grew by 1% to 2.845 million tons and pig iron production also grew by 1% to 2.497 million tons. The country produced 94,000 tons of steel pipes, down by 47% YoY. Ukrainian…
Zaporizhstal in January increased its production volume of iron by 4.3%, of steel – by 9.9 % and of rolled stock – by 7.4% in comparison with output in January 2012.Increase in production volume within the reported period is connected with active implementation of the managerial and process arrangements at the works, as well as…
