ArcelorMittal’s Ukrainian unit said steel output fell last month, extending a decline in production this year following repair work at the Kryvyi Rih plant.Volumes dropped to 531,600 tons in November from 565,700 tons a year earlier. Output in October totaled 527,900 tons.Output for the first 11 months of the year shrank to 5.15 million tons…
UKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR28.0758* min max October 573.60 730.36 November 569.89 676.74 Month Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH7.9723* min max October 577.00 577.00 November 564.45 589.54 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.11.11 according to the National Bank of…
Interpipe has launched two new production floors for scrap processing at Dnepropetrovsk Vtormet. These facilities are equipped with a shearing press, produced by AKROS, and scrap re-loaders, made by Sennebogen. The production capacity of one floor is 16 to 30 tons of scrap per hour.Commissioning of these new facilities is a part of the company…
In the first 10 months of the current year Ukraine registered a 35.6% increase YoY in its steel pipe exports to 1.368 million tons. In October alone Ukraine’s steel pipe exports went up by 41.9% compared to September to 131,850 tons.On the other hand, in the January to October period Ukrainian imports of steel pipes…
Metinvest, an international vertically integrated mining and steel group of companies, keeps on expanding its distribution network within strategy and tasks targeted on timely and successful fulfillment of clients’ demands. Metinvest SMC has opened a new metal center in Lviv. The new and only company metal center will allow becoming closer to the end customers…
Importers of steel pipes to Ukraine used 78% of their annual quota (up to the end of September 2012) for imports of steel seamless casing and tubing with diameters up to 406.4 mm.For the period from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012 the quota in question is 16,753 tons. Of this figure, the unused…
According to the preliminary data, in the January-November period of the current year Ukraine registered an increase of 5.3% YoY in its finished steel product output to 27.952 million tons, a 7% increase in its crude steel output to 31.928 million tons and a 6.2% rise in its pig iron production to 26.504 million tons.The…
In January to October period of the current year Ukraine registered a 13.7% increase YoY in its long steel product imports to 356,300 tons. In October alone Ukraine’s long steel product imports increased by 28.9% compared to September to 52,200 tons.In the given period Ukrainian exports of long steel products decreased by 0.2% compared to…