According to the preliminary data issued by the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine, in Q1 2010 Ukraine finished steel product output was up by 8% YoY to 6.755 million tonnes and there was a 16% rise in its crude steel output to 8.064 million tons.In the first three months of 2010 Ukraine saw an…
According to the data for the first two months of 2010, Ukrainian exports of steel pipes decreased by 18.7% YoY to 145,620 tons and its semi-finished steel product exports dropped by 17.1% YoY to 1.54 million tons.In January to February this year, the country exports of flat rolled steel increased by 9.6% YoY to 1.011…
It is reported that government of Ukraine act No 211 dated March 1st bans a rent, leasing or concession of any assets of Titanium of Ukraine Co. The act is published on the official website of Verkhovna Rada.The government also included the company into the list of companies which are not recommended for privatization.The state-owned…
It is reported that the price rally continued this week and most of products added up to $100 per ton bringing back the memories of first half of 2008.Most CIS billets producers had in mind a price idea of $540 per ton to $550 per ton FOB Black Sea when the week started but even…
It is reported that Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steelmaker Industrial Union of Donbass, plans in late April to start the capital repairs of its blast furnace No 9 and of its continuous billet caster No 1.During the capital repairs DMKD will replace the units’ main…
It is reported that the reduction of ferrous scrap export from Ukraine in February 2010 is 23.2% in comparison to February 2009, to 13.71 thousand tons. The revenue from overseas shipment drops by 41% to $4.47 million.In two months period of 2010 compared to that of 2009 ferrous scrap export increased by 36.5% and amounted…
It is reported that steelmaking companies in Russia and Ukraine increase their export prices for HRC and CRC of April production. The reason is problems with raw materials supplies and their high prices.The growth for hot-rolled coils made $40 per ton. Hot-rolled coils of April production are sold for export at $605 per ton to…
For the first time in the history of Ukrainian industry the Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works (EMZ), part of the Metinvest Group, commenced installation of the bell-less charging device for new Blast Furnace 3.The BCD enables reducing coke consumption rate by 10 kilogram per ton to 15 kilogram per ton of cast iron, and energy…
