It is reported that Ukrainian steel imports totaled 176,500 tons, three times that of the same period last year.During the first two months of this year:– square billet imports accounted for 30.1% in total, up by 22.8% YoY,– hot-rolled coil accounted for 27.9%, up by 12.1% YoY,– round steel accounted for 10.9%, up by 7%…
Mr. Jean Jouet, CEO of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, said that the company plans in 2010 to increase its steel product output by about 22.6% YoY to 5.5 million tons.According to the sale and purchase agreement signed with the State Property Fund of Ukraine in 2005, the company undertook to produce at least 6 million tons…
According to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company (UGMK), in the first two months of 2010 Ukrainian imports of steel products amounted to about 176,500 tons, almost triple the volume for the same period last year. UGMK noted that in January to February the share of tubular billets in…
The Ukrainian flat steel producer Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has announced the recommissioning of its open hearth furnace No 3 following capital repairs. The open hearth furnace No 3 was stopped in March 2008 mainly due to technical and technological reasons added to the effects of the global economic crisis, with some of the…
The Ukrainian pipe and railway wheel producer Interpipe Corporation has announced that in March this year it will supply 1,400 tons of pipes for the construction of terminal D at Ukraine’s Boryspil international airport in Kiev.Mr. Oleg Kuzmin, Interpipe director for corporate affairs, said “The construction of terminal D is one of the projects being…
It is reported that in January to February Dneprospetsstal increased rolled steel production in comparison to the related period of the previous year by 40.7% to 38000 tons. In February it produced 19000 tons of finished steel.In 2009 Dneprospetsstal reduced its production in comparison with 2008: crude steel down by 46.2% to 260,000 tons, rolled…
Production of other major products at the works in January to February dropped as well, pig iron by 8.6% to 423,000 tons, crude steel down by 11.7% to 492,000 tons, sinter by 11.5% to 737,000 tons.In 2009 in comparison with 2008 the reduction of production at Zaporizhstal was as follows: sinter by 12.2% to 4.759…
According to the data issued by the Ukrainian Association of Metal Traders, in January to February Ukraine steel trading companies increased their steel product purchases by 3.9% YoY to 164,775 tons including 151,363 tons from local mills and 13,412 tons of imports.The main domestic suppliers of steel products to Ukrainian trading companies were ArcelorMittal Kriviy…