In January to April the Ukrainian pipe producer Khartsyzsk Pipe Works, a subsidiary of Ukraine’s largest vertically integrated mining and steel group Metinvest, exported 192,000 tons of steel pipes to Russia, 2.5 times more than in the same period last year.In January to April KhPW had produced 210,000 tons of steel pipes, 194% higher than…
Azovstal Iron and Steel Works plans to close outdated, energy inefficient open-hearth furnaces in May.Steel production capacity will decrease by 1.3-5.5 MT per year, with two converters left. Additionally, Azovstal gained approval at the end of April to produce rails from converter steel from its biggest rails customer, Ukrzaliznytsia.Until recently OHF steel was used. Azovstal…
In April Ukraine’s crude steel output totaled 2.995 million tons, 3% or 94,000 tons lower as compared to March.In the January to April period Ukrainian crude steel production reached 11.631 million tons, marking an increase of 5.8% YoY. (SteelOrbis)
Ukraine’s largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih reduced output of crude steel by 10.2% YoY to 1.83 million tons in January through April down from 2.04 million tons produced a year ago.AMKR also reduced output of rolled steel by 9.8% YoY to 1.6 million tons, while production of pig iron dropped by 12.1% YoY to 1.57…
Ukrainian steelmaker Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works is planning to complete a program of technical re-equipment. The main purpose of this program is to significant increase the production volume.In particular, annual agglomerate production is to be increased to 16 million tons, pig iron output will be expanded to 7 million tons and crude steel…
As of May 1, importers of steel pipes to Ukraine used 86.47% of their annual quota for imports of steel seamless casing and tubing with diameters up to 406.4 mm.For the period from October 1st 2010 to September 30th 2011 the quota in question is 15,955 tons.Of this figure, the unused quota volume is 2,159…
According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in June Ukraine’s crude steel production will increase by 2.5% compared to April to 3.07 million tons.According to Metallurgprom’s forecast, pig iron output in Ukraine will reach 2.5 million tons in June, while production of rolled steel will rise to 2.73 million tons.In April Ukraine’s crude…
For April this year Ukrainian metallurgical company Dneprospetsstal Electrometallurgical Works (DSS) has posted a 5.6% MoM drop in its electrical steel production to 34,000 tons, which is up by 9.7% compared to April 2010. The company’s output of finished steel went down by 15.4% compared to March declining to 22,000 tons.In January to April of…