Ukrainian steelmaker Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works plans to decrease slab shipments in May by 20% compared to April to 200,000-205,000 tons.This reduction in semi-finished steel shipments is caused by rising demand for hot-rolled flat steel. In April the company decreased shipments of slabs by 8% compared to March to 255,000 tons.In May Alchevsk plans…
In the January and April period of the current year crude steel production of the Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal increased by 18% YoY reaching 1.255 million tons.In the given period Zaporizhstal saw a 6% increase in its pig iron production to 960,000 tons and an 18% increase in its finished steel production to 1.041 million tons.…
In the January to April period of the current year the steelmaking subsidiaries of Metinvest, Ukraine’s largest vertically integrated mining and steel group, saw an 8% increase in their crude steel production to 4.938 million tons, a 13% rise in their finished steel production to 4.359 million tons and a 5% increase in their pig…
In the January to April period of the current year the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 1.838 million tons, down by 10% YoY. In addition, in the first 4 months of the year ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih registered a 12% decrease YoY in its finished…
In the January to April period the steelmaking subsidiaries of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass (ISD) produced a total of 2.244 million tons of pig iron, up by 8% compared to the same period of last year.In addition, the subsidiaries’ crude steel output in the given period increased by 2% compared to…
Ukrainian pipe producer Khartsyzsk Pipe Works announced that in January to April this year it produced 210,000 tons of steel pipes, 194% more than in the same period of 2010. Meanwhile, KhPW’s production of steel pipes in April decreased by 1% compared to March, dropping to 54,100 tons. (SteelOrbis)
In the Q1 of the current year Ukrainian imports of long products increased by 22.5% compared to the corresponding period of 2010, rising to 87,990 tons. In March alone Ukraine’s long product imports rose by 48.4% compared to February to 37,870 tons, while marking an increase of 39.4% YoY.In the first 3 months of 2011…
Metinvest is launching BOF steel rails production at Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. The manufacturing procedure for the rails production has been approved by Azovstal’s strategic partner Ukrzaliznytsya.Metinvest experts together with the State Research and Development Center of Ukraine have developed and evaluated the manufacturing practice for BOF steel rails and all delivery trials have…