Mr. Rostislav Shurma, general director of Zaporizhstal Group, said that Zaporizhstal Group, part of the Ukrainian iron and steel holding Metinvest, posted a net profit of UAH 200 million in the first half of 2013, compared with a net loss of about UAH 500 million in the same period last year.Mr. Shurma said that “The…
Mr. Rostyslav Shurma, director general of Zaporizhstal, said that Metinvest, an international vertically integrated mining and metal group of companies, could merge Zaporizhstal and Zaporizhkoks, one of the largest producers of coke-chemical goods in Ukraine, in the long term.Mr. Shurma said that the merger of the two companies was logical, as they operated at one…
Ukrainian pipe group Interpipe plans to organize production of pipes with ultra premium thread connections meeting CAL IV standards for use in the most demanding oil and gas production projects.Pipes will be delivered to Shell for use in its projects in Ukraine.Interpipe said that during the discussion of specific measures pursuant to its memorandum of…
According to the data issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in the first seven months of the current year Ukraine registered a 1% decrease in its finished steel product output to 17.147 million metric tons, a 0.2% decrease in its crude steel output to 19.350 million metric tons and a 0.9% rise in its pig…
In May 2013 Ukraine’s exports of steel products decreased by 13.3% MoM to 1.893 million metric tons.In January to May Ukraine exported 9.955 million metric tons of steel products, up by 0.7% YoY.In May Ukraine registered a 9.5% decrease MoM in its steel product imports to 165,100 metric tons. (SteelGuru)
In May this year Ukrainian exports of pig iron increased by 9% MoM to 173,200 tons.In January-May exports of pig iron from Ukraine increased by 12.2% compared to the same period of last year to 822,500 tons.On the other hand, in the first five months of the current year Ukrainian imports of pig iron decreased…
Zaporizhstal said that steel production rose by 1% on the year in January to July to 2.2 million tons.The company’s pig iron production remained flat in the period at 1.8 million tons, while rolled steel output rose by 3% to around 1.8 million tons.Zaporizhstal produced 341,600 tons of steel in July, up on the year…
According to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, in the first half of the current year Ukraine did not export any steel scrap, while in the same period of last year the country exported 315,839 metric tons of scrap worth a total of $131.973 million.In January-June Ukraine’s scrap imports increased 2.4 times YoY to 103,651…