Leading steel pipe and railway wheels maker Interpipe has strengthened its position in the energy market in the Middle East with pre-qualifications from the region’s leading oil and gas companies.In the first half of 2010 Interpipe gained pre-qualification from the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Sultanate of Oman, the Abu Dhabi Company for…
It is reported that Ukraine increased production of steel tubes in January to May 2010 by 9% YoY in comparison with the same period of the previous year to 639,000 tons.Tube plants increased output by 6.7% to 542400 tons, steel works increased by 26.5% to 97000 tons.Nizhnedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant increased production of tubes by…
The Ukrainian mining and steel producing company Metinvest Holding has announced that it plans to increase its production of high-quality merchant iron ore concentrate with Fe content of over 67% to up to 6.8 million tons through the construction of a second magnetic and flotation metal content upgrading facility at its iron ore subsidiary Ingulets…
It is reported that during the third week of May Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works, subsidiary of Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass (ISD), was forced to halt two of its blast furnaces, i. E. BF No 3 and BF No 4 with a total capacity of 144,000 tons of pig iron per month…
It is reported that starting from February this year, Ukrainian steel output steadily increased on a MoM basis however in May the country saw its crude steel output decrease by 4.4% MoM to 2.84 million tons.Seven largest Ukrainian steel producers production details:ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih: finished steel output – up by 25.5% YoY to 2.224 million…
According to the information issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, up to June 1st 2010, Ukraine utilized 29.56% of its annual quota for rebar exports to Russia and 97.5% of its yearly quota for cold-rolled steel exports to the same destination, supplying a total of 118,253 tons and 204,745 tons respectively.Accordingly, in May this…
It is reported that the iron ore subsidiaries of the Ukrainian mining and steel producing company Metinvest Holding have issued their production results for the first five months of 2010.Central GOKIn January to May this year, Central GOK increased its concentrate output by 43.8% YoY to about 2.492 million tons and saw an insignificant drop…
According to the data issued by the Ukrainian iron ore and steel producer Metinvest Holding, in May this year its subsidiary Khartsyzsk Pipe Works decreased its large diameter pipe output to 23,976 tons from 40,283 tons in April down by 40.5% MoM.In January to May, KhPW produced 95,383 tons of LD pipes down by 63.2%…