It is reported that Donetskstal Group, the owner of Yasinovka Coke Plant, is negotiating with US Steel for coke supplies. The supplies are to be made to USS steel mills in Serbia and Slovakia with overall coke needs of 1.2 million tons per annum.According to Millennium Capital analyst “The news is Positive for YASK UK.…
In January to August Ukraine increased its electric power consumption, including technical losses in networks, by 10.2% YoY to 119.8 billion kWh. Meanwhile, excluding technical losses, the country’s power consumption went up by 11% YoY to 96.8 billion kWh.In the first eight months of this year, Ukraine’s industry increased its power consumption by 14.9% YoY…
According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, following month on month decreases in the previous three months, in August Ukraine’s average daily pig iron output registered a growth of 8.3% or 5,400 tons compared to July to 70,200 tons.In the first 13 days of September the country’s average daily pig iron output increased…
Mr. Vasily Kharahulah, MD of Ukrainian steelmakers association Metallurgprom (Dniepropetrovsk), says steel companies of Ukraine plan to increase steel smelting by 11.3% in comparison with September program to 3.06 million tons.At the balance meeting with mining and metals industry representatives in Dnepropetrovsk he explained October program assumed increase in pig iron production by 12.8% to…
According to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in the first eight months of 2010 Ukraine’s imports of rolled steel products increased by 93.2% YoY amounting to 892,805 tons. In August Ukraine’s imports of rolled steel products saw a 14.4% increase compared to July and a 97.9% increase compared…
In January to August Ukraine increased its exports of steel pipes to Russia by 50% YoY to 350,100 tons, including 176,800 tons of seamless pipes, up by 40%, 92,600 tons of welded large diameter pipes, up 12 times, and 80,700 tons of welded medium and small diameter pipes down by 18.6% all compared to January…
In January to August Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal‘s finished steel product output increased by 1.25% to 1.843 million tons, while its crude steel production rose by 2.7% to 2.229 million tons both compared to January to August 2009. In addition, the plant saw a 0.9% YoY growth in its pig iron output to 1.833 million tons…
According to the data for the first seven months of 2010, Ukraine’s exports of steel pipes decreased by 16.9% YoY to 651,910 tons, while its semi-finished steel product exports went up by 1% YoY to about 7.016 million tons.Meanwhile, in January to July the country’s exports of flat rolled steel increased by 15.6% to about…