In March the major Ukrainian ferroalloys manufacturer – Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NZF) – produced 3.3 thousand tons of ferromanganese, down by 34%, or 1.7 thousand tons, MoM. At the same time NZF decreased its silicomanganese output by 0.8%, or 0.3 thousand tons, to 39.2 thousand tons. In January-March NZF produced 11.5 thousand tons of ferromanganese,…
In March companies decreased ferroalloys output by 3.1%, or 2.8 thousand tons, to 87.2 thousand tons MoM. According to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers, in January-March companies increased ferroalloys output by 42.2%, or by 77.2 thousand tons, to 260.2 thousand tons, YoY. In February Ukrainian companies increased ferroalloys output by 8.4%, or by 7…
In 2014 Donetskkoks plans to decrease coke output by 2.83%, to 356.8 thousand tons, YoY. The works intends to earn 615.74 million UAH (without VAT) selling its 6% moisture coke. Blast furnace coke sales are expected on the level of 314.9 thousand tons. Due to decrease in by-product chemistry products demand, the forecast sales decrease…
Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, a part of the Metinvest group of companies, has received a complex order from an India-based company. Azovstal is to produce 10 thousand tons of X70 strips with increased mechanical properties. The difficulty of the order lies in the non-standard size of the rolled metal. According to the buyer’s order,…
In March ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih produced 492.2 thousand tons of steel, down by 13.04% or 73.8 thousand tons YoY. Rolled metal output decreased by 9.72%, or 48.9 thousand tons, to 454.4 thousand tons, while pig iron manufacture fell by 11.67%, or 57.3 thousand tons, to 433.7 thousand tons, all YoY. The company explained this decrease…
In January-March transit of ferrous metals in the Ukrainian railroads network increased by 15%, to 900 thousand tons, YoY. In the first quarter of 2013 ferrous metals transit decreased by 22% YoY, the 2013 to 2012 results showed a fall by 34%, to 2.27 million tons. This year increase is stipulated by the 1.9 times…
Metallurgprom expects Ukrainian steel output in 2014 on the level of 29 million tons. According to Alexander Zrazhevsky, Metallurgprom CEO, the company forecast was around 30 million tons of steel. But taking results of the first quarter into account, the company has a new figure – 28.6 million tons. He said, Ukraine still remains the…
In March pig iron manufacture dropped by 13.7%, or by 302 thousand tons, to 2502 thousand tons, MoM. In January-March pig iron output decreased by 3.3%, or by 238 thousand tons, to 7040 thousand tons, YoY. In February pig iron manufacture totaled 2200 thousand tons, down by 5.9% or 138 thousand tons MoM. (Ukrainian metal)