Metinvest and Interpipe win UAH 33.77 million tender to supply Ukrtransgas

Ukraine-based Ukrtransgas, an affiliate of the Ukrainian national oil and gas company Naftogaz, has announced that Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest and Ukrainian steel pipe and railway wheel producer Interpipe have won a tender for the supply of steel pipes worth a total of UAH 33.776 million ($4.07 million).According to the contract, Metinvest…

January-August 2013 results of Ukrainian mining and processing works

The mining and processing works (MPW) have released the production data for 8 months.  In January-August the Poltava MPW increased the iron ore concentrate output by 11.8%. In the given period it produced 8.63 million tons of iron ore concentrate and 7.07 million tons of pellets, up by 11.5% YoY. The Ingulets MPW has retained…

August 2013

UKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR32.1961* min max July 496.95 590.13 August 496.95 590.13 Month Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH7.9898* min max July 563.22 588.25 August 563.22 588.25 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 31.08.13 according to the National Bank of…

Ukrainian crude steel output expected to decline in October 2013 from the August level

In October Ukraine’s crude steel production is expected to decrease by 4.8% compared to August to 2.670 million tons. In October pig iron output in Ukraine will total 2.480 million tons, down by 0.9% compared to the August results, while Ukrainian production of rolled steel is expected to total 2.45 million tons, down by 0.1%…

Ukrainian ferroalloy output down by 23% in January-August 2013

In the January-August period this year Ukraine’s ferroalloy production decreased by 23% compared to the same period last year to 551,000 tons. In the given period Ukraine’s silicomanganese output decreased by 15.8% to 405,250 tons, while its ferromanganese production declined by 54.7% to 55,700 tons, both year on year. Specifically, in the first eight months…