The Ukrainian unit of ArcelorMittal, the world largest steelmaker, increased steel production last month by 28%.ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih said steel output rose to 544,100 tons in July compared with 425,100 tons in the same month a year earlier.Pig iron productions increase to 477,500 tons from 363,900 tons in July last year. (Bloomberg)
The Russian government has approved a 150,000 tons quota for duty-free imports of certain types of steel pipes from Ukraine to Russia in the second half of the current year. The quota in question was proposed by Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development.In the January to June period of the current year Ukraine was allowed duty-free…
In September Ukraine’s crude steel production will rise by 3.4% YoY to 2.640 million tons.Pig iron output in Ukraine will total 2.3 million tons in September, up by 0.8% compared to July, while Ukrainian production of rolled steel is expected to be 2.370 million tons, up by 2.3% compared to July.In August Ukrainian companies plan…
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)