In the Q1 of the current year Ukrainian imports of long products increased by 22.5% compared to the corresponding period of 2010, rising to 87,990 tons. In March alone Ukraine’s long product imports rose by 48.4% compared to February to 37,870 tons, while marking an increase of 39.4% YoY.In the first 3 months of 2011…
Ukrainian pipe producer Khartsyzsk Pipe Works announced that in January to April this year it produced 210,000 tons of steel pipes, 194% more than in the same period of 2010. Meanwhile, KhPW’s production of steel pipes in April decreased by 1% compared to March, dropping to 54,100 tons. (SteelOrbis)
Metinvest is launching BOF steel rails production at Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. The manufacturing procedure for the rails production has been approved by Azovstal’s strategic partner Ukrzaliznytsya.Metinvest experts together with the State Research and Development Center of Ukraine have developed and evaluated the manufacturing practice for BOF steel rails and all delivery trials have…
According to the official data for the Q1 of the current year, Ukrainian exports of metallurgical coke increased by 39.4% YoY to 43,481 tons.In March alone, coke exports from Ukraine increased by 105.9% compared to February, rising to 227,900 tons, and were up by 126.9% YoY. In 2010 Ukraine’s coke exports increased by 59% YoY…
In the first 3 months of the current year Ukrainian exports of ferrous scrap decreased by 27.8% YoY to 68,090 tons.According to the Ukrainian government, in March Ukraine exported 20,090 tons of ferrous scrap, down by 6.8% compared to February and marking a decrease of 60.4% YoY.In 2010 Ukraine’s ferrous scrap exports declined by 24.8%…
Ukraine’s steel total consumption in 2011 was expected to reach 8.2 million tons, up by 10-15% from a year earlier.Furthermore, it is expected to have more remarkable increase on the steel tube sector and mechanical engineering. Meanwhile, it’s known that Zaporizhstal, Ukraine’s fourth largest steel maker, increased its steel shipment by 90 thousand tons in…
According to Derzhzovnishinform, the Ukrainian national research and information center for monitoring international commodity markets (DZI), Ukrainian export prices of steel pipes will rise by 8-10% up to the end of the Q2 of the current year while domestic steel pipe quotations will increase by not more than 5-6% in the same period.Ukrainian steel pipe…
According to the data, released by the metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in the Q1 of the current year Ukrainian exports of semi-finished steel products increased by 3.2% YoY to 2.716 million tons.In January to March Ukraine exported 1.535 million tons of slabs, up by 27.8%, while exports of square billets dropped…
