OJSC Interpipe Nyzhniodniprovsky pipe rolling plant, producing wheels under the KLW brand, has successfully passed a complex preliminary audit by SNCB, the operator of the Belgian Railways.Apart from SNCB, the audit group consisted of Bombardier Transportation.The main task of the audit was to define the level correspondence of production processes and wheel goods to international…
According to the data issued by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in January to November this year Ukraine consumed about 5.351 million tons of rolled steel products, down 32.5% YoY. During the period in question, the share of imports in the domestic rolled steel product market decreased to 11.5% from 20.1% in…
Interfax cited Mr. Andriy Fedoseyev, president of the Ukrainian Metal Traders Association, as saying that metal consumption in Ukraine fell 36.3% YoY in January to November to 4.809 million tons and imports plummeted 67% to 577,288 tons.Mr. Fedoseyev said Ukrainian pipe mills bought 1.397 million tons of locally produced and imported roll and feedstock down…
According to Mr. Igor Gutorov, director of Severstal Ukraine, the company plans in January 2010 to open a new steel trading base in Kiev, adding that the move would enable an improvement in the servicing of the company customers in Ukraine.Mr. Gutorov said the sales of the new steel trading base in 2010 had been…
Yenakievo Metallurgical Works, JSC (EMZ), part of Metinvest Group, in November 2009 produced 187100 tons of cast iron and 213200 tons of steel. Output of rolled products comprised 204,100 tons. For January to November 2009 EMZ decreased production of steel and rolled products compared to similar period of the previous year, cast iron production comprised…
Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, part of Metinvest Group, in November 2009 produced 398,800 tons of cast iron and 456,400 tons of steel. Production of rolled products in November comprised 427,500 tons. In November 2009 the enterprise produced 179,100 tons of bulk coke with 6% of moisture.Production decrease in November 2009 is due to major…
According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in November Ukrainian steelmakers posted their highest average daily pig iron output since the beginning of 2009, i.e. 76,300 tons. However, during the first week of December this number decreased to 74,200 tons.Average daily pig iron output in the first week of December this year increased…
According to mining enterprises association Ukrrudprom, Ukrainian metallurgical plants increased iron ore raw materials import in January to November 2009 by 33% YoY to 3.602 million tons.In January to November iron ore concentrate import grew 2.8 times to 2.815 million tons, sinter ore import decreased by 53.3% to 563,300 tons, pellets import decreased by 59.4%…