According to the official data for the Q1 of the current year, Ukrainian exports of metallurgical coke increased by 39.4% YoY to 43,481 tons.In March alone, coke exports from Ukraine increased by 105.9% compared to February, rising to 227,900 tons, and were up by 126.9% YoY. In 2010 Ukraine’s coke exports increased by 59% YoY…
Ukraine’s steel total consumption in 2011 was expected to reach 8.2 million tons, up by 10-15% from a year earlier.Furthermore, it is expected to have more remarkable increase on the steel tube sector and mechanical engineering. Meanwhile, it’s known that Zaporizhstal, Ukraine’s fourth largest steel maker, increased its steel shipment by 90 thousand tons in…
In the first 3 months of the current year Ukrainian exports of ferrous scrap decreased by 27.8% YoY to 68,090 tons.According to the Ukrainian government, in March Ukraine exported 20,090 tons of ferrous scrap, down by 6.8% compared to February and marking a decrease of 60.4% YoY.In 2010 Ukraine’s ferrous scrap exports declined by 24.8%…
According to Derzhzovnishinform, the Ukrainian national research and information center for monitoring international commodity markets (DZI), Ukrainian export prices of steel pipes will rise by 8-10% up to the end of the Q2 of the current year while domestic steel pipe quotations will increase by not more than 5-6% in the same period.Ukrainian steel pipe…
According to the data, released by the metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in the Q1 of the current year Ukrainian exports of semi-finished steel products increased by 3.2% YoY to 2.716 million tons.In January to March Ukraine exported 1.535 million tons of slabs, up by 27.8%, while exports of square billets dropped…
According to the data released by the metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in the first 3 months of the current year Ukrainian imports of rolled steel increased by 23.8% YoY to 371,200 tons.In March Ukraine imported 136,500 tons of rolled steel, up by 18.3% compared to February, and marking an increase of…
Ukrainian steel companies reported their financial statements for the Q1 2011, which turned out to be much worse than expected.Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works posted negative EBITDA of $45 million which increased 1.5 times YoY, net losses almost doubled to $52 million. Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works’ net losses increased by a factor of…
Metinvest will become the first and only company in Ukraine to offer clients a maximum wide product range of structural shapes. Starting with Q2 of 2011 the network of service metal centers will be able to offer a full product range of structurals for their clients, including items that were not available before. The output…