In 2012 Ukraine’s rolled steel production will decline by 4-5% YoY to 30 million tons.Pig iron output in Ukraine will total 29 million tons in 2012, while Ukrainian production of crude steel in the year is expected to be 33.5 million tons.In the first seven months of the current year Ukraine registered a 7% decline…
It is reported that the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, a subsidiary of Ukraine’s largest vertically integrated mining and steel group Metinvest, has stated that it plans to stop its hot-rolled plate mill 3000 for capital repairs on August 26 or August 27.The repairs are expected to be completed within 15 days. The output…
It is reported that domestic metal consumption increased by 1% YoY to 3.5 million tons in H1 2012.The volume of imported products increased by 18% YoY to 840 000 tons during the period, while its share reached 23.9% of the market compared to 20.5% in H1 2011. (Phoenix-capital)
According to the data, issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in the January to June period of the current year Ukraine registered a 24.1% increase YoY in its long steel product imports to 207,950 tons. In June Ukraine’s long steel product imports increased by 14.2% MoM to 43,370 tons.In the January to June period Ukrainian…
Ukrainian steelmaker Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass, plans to increase its production of steel products in August by around 21% compared to July to around 290,000 tons including 195,000 tons of finished rolled steel products and 95-100,000 tons of slabs. (SteelOrbis)
According to the data, issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in the January to June period of the current year Ukraine registered a 15.2% increase YoY in its flat steel imports to 453,980 tons. In June Ukraine’s flat steel imports decreased by 28.5% compared to May to 79,630 tons.On the other hand, in the first…
Ukraine has reached a preliminary agreement with the Russian Federation on the supply of 150,000 tons of certain types of steel pipe to Russia by the end of the year.According the the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers, the government by its order of August 6 approved a draft protocol amending the agreement regulating the supply of…
In the first six months of the current year Ukraine’s scrap exports increased by 1.5% YoY to 315,840 tons. In June Ukraine’s scrap exports decreased by 17.8% compared to May to 59,450 tons.In January to June Ukrainian exports of pig iron increased by 15.9% YoY to 876,230 tons. In June exports of pig iron from…