It is reported that the Donetsk Electrometallurgical Plant, the mini-mill previously known as ISTIL, is resuming its investment projects and plans in 2010 to invest UAH 15 million in production upgrades.Accordingly, DEMZ has placed a UAH 3.5 million order with equipment producer Vesuvius for the supply of calibrated nozzle changers, the installation of which will…
According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in May this year Ukraine’s average daily pig iron output decreased by 4,900 tons compared to April to 77,400 tons as the Ukrainian steel producers cut their outputs due to weak demand and the problems experienced by some local steelmakers in securing iron ore supplies.Metallurgprom said…
It is reported that the steelmaking subsidiaries of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass, namely Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works and Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky (DMKD), have sharply decreased their steel outputs in late May to early June.According to Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, when its operations…
Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works, a part of Metinvest Group, in May produced 183,800 tons of cast iron and 217,200 tons of steel. Rolled product shipments comprised 208,800 tons. Product May 2010, th. t April 2010, th. t Change, % Cast iron 183.8 185 -0.6 Steel (smelting) 217.2 216.4 0.4 Rolled product 208.8 208.3 0.2…
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…