Interfax quoted industrial officials as saying that Ukraine steel companies planned to increase steel output by 6% in 2011 to 34.5 million tons, but a shortage of coke might ruin this effort. Ukraine, the world eighth-largest steelmaker, raised steel production to 32-33 million tons in 2010 after output fell to 29.8 million in 2009 due…
According to the information issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, from October 1 2010 to January 1 2011 Russia and other countries utilized 85.3% of the annual quota imposed by Ukraine for seamless steel casing and tubing imports with outside diameter up to 406.4 mm, supplying a total of around 13,608 tons.The total quota…
Metinvest Holding LLC said it increased production by 32% last year after merging with the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works.Its steel output jumped to 9.266 million tons in 2010 as compared with 7 million tons in 2009.Metinvest and Ilyich announced in July 2010 they planned to create a joint venture with annual output capacity…
It is reported that the Ukrainian flat steel producer Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, a part of steel and rolled products division of the Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest, commissioned on December 30, 2010 its sintering machine No 8.Ilyich stopped its sintering machine No. 8 on November 22, 2010 for the planned…
According to Metallurgprom, Ukrainian iron and steel producers’ association, Ukrainian producers are likely to increase iron and steel production by 6% in 2011 compared to 2010 and finished steel products production is planned to increase by 7%.Forecast of steel companies is even more optimistic – pig iron production – growth by 12%, steel smelting –…
Ukraine boosted production of ferrous metals pipe by 10.7% in 2010 to 1.753 million tons.Ukrtruboprom told that Ukraine produced 184,800 tons of ferrous pipes in December 2010 alone.Ukrtruboprom noted a considerable reduction in pipe production by Khartsyzsk Pipe Works January through August 2010. Yet the production at the plant started growing since the end of…
Zaporizhstal has spent over UAH 980 million on the installation of an aggregate that injects powdered coal into blast furnaces.The company said that the realization of the project planned for 2010-2011 would allow to cut power and technological fuel consumption during cast iron production by over 50 kilograms of conventional fuel or 194,000 tons of…
According to preliminary data, in 2010 Ukraine’s finished steel product output was up by 9% YoY to 29.197 million tons. The country also saw a 9.6% rise in its crude steel output to 32.726 million tons.In 2010 Ukraine saw a 6.5% increase in its pig iron production to 27.354 million tons and a 6.8% growth…