ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, Ukraine’s biggest steel producer, raised finished roll production by 10.3% YoY to 856,000 tons in January to February.Crude steel production grew by 8.4% to 969,000 tons, and pig iron rose by 9.9% to 843,000 tons.ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih specializes in long products, in particular rebar and wire rod.Finished roll production fell by 8.7%…
Ukrainian steelmaker Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works, a part of the Industrial Union of Donbass, plans to start upgrading its rolled metal unit.The upgrade, which will cost UAH 1.5 billion, will make possible an increase in rolled metal production to 1.95 million tons a year from 700,000 tons at present. (Bloomberg)
Ukraine’s coke and steel producers are battling a recent proposal from the energy and coal industry ministry to restrict imports of coal.The ministry has recently asked Prime Minister Mr. Nikolai Azarov to restrict imports of coal amid concerns there are 400,000 tons of domestically produced thermal coal accumulated in stocks. (Ukrainian Journal)
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ArcelorMittal’s Ukrainian unit said steel production rose by 22.7% in January from the same month a year earlier.Production jumped to 549,200 tons from 447,300 tons in January 2011. (Bloomberg)
Interpipe rolled the first lot of seamless pipes, using the billets, produced at the new Dniprostal electric steel-smelting complex. The first pipe was rolled at the Interpipe NTRP plant.The first pipe passed the entire set of tests, which confirmed the high quality of the billet steel. Production of the first pipe means that Interpipe moves…
Azovstal Iron & Steel Works summarized work in the field of quality and extension of product mix for 2011. Last year specialists of Azovstal Iron & Steel Works mastered production of 37 new steel grades and over 20 types of rolled products.Currently Azovstal Iron & Steel Works is able to accept the orders for more…
In 2011 Ukrainian exports of pig iron increased by 19.8% YoY to 1.774 million tons.In December 2011 exports of pig iron from Ukraine increased by 38.6% compared to November to 246,900 tons.In 2011 Ukraine’s imports of pig iron decreased by 32.2% YoY to 43,700 tons. (Steel Orbis)
