According to the information issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, from October 1 2010 to April 1 2011 Russia and other countries utilized 85.62% of the annual quota, imposed by Ukraine for seamless steel casing and tubing imports with outside diameter up to 406.4 mm, supplying a total of around 13,661 tons.According to these…
Metinvest announced that it plans to increase efficiency of its Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works by improving the production site administration and management. The planned steps, taken within the frame of Metinvest’s ongoing continuous improvements, reconstruction and production modernization program are expected to result in growing margins of Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works due to increased…
UKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROUND BILLETS Month Ukrainian market, $/t, $1/UAH5,33* min max January 847.41 847.41 February 950.19 969.58 Month Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max January 585.00 595.00 February 650.00 655.00 Month Export, Russia, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max January 585.00 595.00 February 650.00…
According to preliminary data, in the January-March period Ukraine registered an increase of 11.5% YoY in its finished steel product output to about 7.7 million tons and a 7% rise in its crude steel output to 8.634 million tons. In the first three months of 2011, Ukraine saw a 2.2% increase in its pig iron…
Ukraine’s largest vertically-integrated mining and steel group Metinvest plans to increase the efficiency of the 160 ton basic oxygen furnace at its steelmaking subsidiary Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works (EMZ) following a UAH 100 million overhaul.The BOF overhaul at EMZ is planned to be carried out in June to July within the framework of the…
The Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal has announced a profit of UAH 156.1 million (about $19.56 million) for 2010, up from a loss of UAH 290.5 million ($3 million) in 2009.In 2010 Zaporizhstal produced 3.449 million tons of crude steel and 2.763 million tons of pig iron, while its shipments of rolled steel products amounted to 2.855…
According to the data released by the metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company (UGMK), in January to February Ukraine’s imports of rolled steel products increased by 22.3% YoY amounting to 234,700 tons. In the first two months of 2011 one third of overall rolled steel imports to Ukraine were accounted for by round billets,…
In January Ukraine’s steel pipe imports increased by 4.8% compared to December 2010 and were up by 190% compared to January 2010, rising to 10,020 tons valued at $12.05 million.Specifically, in January Ukraine imported 6,950 tons of seamless pipes, up by 6% MoM, of which 5,970 tons were supplied from Russia.Ukraine’s imports of steel pipes…
