UKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROUND BILLETS UKRAINE&RUSSIA: SQUARE BILLETS Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR32.1961* Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH7.9898* min max min max November 593.24 602.56 411.37 530.18 December 593.24 602.56 425.89 535.56 Month Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports Export, Russia, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min…
In 2013 ArcellorMetal Kriviy Rih increased carbon steel output by 0.2%, to 6.43 million tons, as compared with 2012. Pig iron output decreased by 0.1%, to 5.606 million tons, while rolled metal production increased by 1.2%, to 5.661 million tons. December was one of the best months in 2013 as to output. Pig iron, steel…
In January the Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works Makeevka subsidiary plans to supply 35 thousand tons of rolled wire, down by 18% as compared with December 2013. Due to the decrease in purchases during holidays rolled wire supplies to the domestic market will be decreased by 48%, to 16 thousand tons. Some of the output…
In January-November 2013 the Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works (UGOK) increased its concentrate output by 4.6%, to 9.941 million tons, and sinter production by 20.5%, to 2.178 million tons, all compared with 2012.In November 2013 UGOK increased concentrate manufacture by 12.05%, to 940.1 thousand tons, while sinter production rose by 70.61%, to 221.8 thousand tons,…
In 2013 by-product coke plants of Ukraine imported 11.4 million tons of ordinary coking coals and coal concentrate, which almost equaled the imports volumes in 2012. In December 2013 the imports volume of coking coals totaled 1.03 million tons. At the same time Ukrainian coal deliveries to plants in 2013 reached 13.6 million tons (down…
In 2013 the Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after Dzerzhinsky, a part of the Industrial Union of Donbass corporation, decreased rolled metal output by 5.7%, to 2.98 million tons, as compared with 2012. In 2013 the works decreased steel output by 7%, to 2.931 million tons, and pig iron by 12.5%, to 2.638 million…
In 2013 the Kremenchuk Steel Works decreased its output by 48.4%, to 70.35 thousand tons of casting, as compared with 2012. According to the company, the decrease in casting output was due to the works halt in the early 2013 because of the problems with products certification. The Kremenchuk Steel Works is the leading casting…
In 2013 Donetsk Iron and Steel Works increased its pig iron output by 5.3% to 1.38 million tons YoY. Steel was not produced as the open-hearth furnace manufacture was closed in April 2012. The works produced 32.5 thousand tons of rolled metal in comparison to 157 thousand tons in 2012. In December 2013 the works…