Kyiv Post reported that Ukraine economy showed some signs of improvement in July, largely due to a jump in production in the key steel sector, with the ex-Soviet state now hopeful of growing next year after one of Europe’s worst recessions.Data issued on Monday showed industrial output rose 5%MoM including a record 15% jump in…
The Ukrainian pipe and railway wheel producer Interpipe Corporation has announced that it has successfully tested Q125 grade casing pipes with the Ukrainian Premium Joint connection at its Dnepropetrovsk based subsidiary Interpipe NTRP.The UPJ connection has been developed by the Interpipe and is used for equipping horizontal and inclined wells. Compression of the premium joint…
It is reported that the Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal plans in December of the current year to start cold testing of its new pulverized coal injection plant.As per report, total investment in the construction of the plant is set to amount to about UAH 100 million up to the end of 2009.Zaporizhstal said in a statement…
Ukrainian Journal reported that the last state 0.1% stake in ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih is to be put up for sale at Ukrainian Interbank Currency Exchange on September 16th.According to the report, a total of 3.6 million of shares are to be sold.The SPF previously sold shares of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih at exchanges from November 2006…
It is reported that the Ukrainian cabinet of ministers has prolonged until the end of 2009 the MoU with the country’s mining and metallurgical companies, stipulating that the benefits will be granted if the companies reduce their prices for the domestic market to levels not higher than their export prices.According to the cabinet of ministers…
Metinvest announced that in the H1 2009 Ukrainian internal market of steel trading was characterized by consumption decrease, growing share of distributing company’s increase of retail sales from metal centers at general sales volume and greater market share of large traders.Mr Dmitriy Nikolayenko CEO of Metinvest-SMC at the annual Sales Conference, Steel and Rolled Products…
Rusmet reported that Zaporozhstal is probably the only large steel works in the world working on open hearth furnaces while the others move to oxygen converter and electric arc furnaces.A move to new technologies means great investments but at Zaporozhstal do not remembered when was the last modernization. It is natural that products produce by…
Ukrainian Journal reported that the outlook for Ukraine steel industry is improving, even though output could fall 20% to 24% in 2009.The signs that the industry decline slowing was first detected in May.The latest figures from the Industrial Policy Ministry suggest the decline has bottomed out, with roll production falling 34%YoY to 12.354 million tonnes…