Ukrainian steelmaker Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass, announced that in the January to October period it registered an 8.4% decrease in its finished steel product output to 2.824 million tons, while its crude steel output declined by 0.5% to 3.136 million tons both YoY. In…
According to the data issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in the first 10 months of the current year Ukraine registered 6% decrease in its finished steel product output to 22.215 million tons, a 7% decrease in its crude steel output to 27.143 million tons and 1% decline in its pig iron production to 23.740…
As of October 31, importers of steel pipes to Ukraine used 79.63% of their annual quota for imports of steel seamless casing and tubing with diameters up to 406.4 mm.For the period from October 1st, 2012 to September 30th, 2013 the quota in question is 17,591 tons. Of this figure the unused quota volume is…
In the January to September period of the current year Ukraine’s exports of steel products decreased by 5.1% compared to the same period of last year, to 17.174 million tons. In September Ukraine’s steel product exports decreased by 4.6% compared to August, to 1.79 million tons. (SteelOrbis)
Ukrainian steel pipe and wheel producer Interpipe has announced that it plans to produce 70,000 tons of round billets in October, up by 27% compared to September, at its new electric furnace steelmaking complex Dniprostal.The annual capacity of new complex is 1.32 million tons of pipe billets with diameters of 150 mm to 290 mm…
Azovstal, an integrated iron and steel works and a subsidiary of Metinvest, finished 9 month 2012 with a net loss of UAH 1.9 billion, which is 10.8 times higher than in the same period of previous year.Revenue for this period decreased by 27%, to UAH 24.8 billion. Pre tax loss surged by 10.4% YoY to…
Metinvest Holding LLC, a vertically integrated metals and mining company, has announced its plans to stop two coking batteries at the Azovstal steel plant after the start-up and adjustment of the pulverised coal injection system has been successfully completed. The batteries will be finally shut down at the end of October 2012. (Phoenix-capital.ua)
ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, has announced that in October it plans to reduce shipments of rebar by 10-15% compared to September to 235-245,000 tons.In the January to September period ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih shipped around 1.9million tons of rebar, up by 9% YoY. (SteelOrbis)
