In 2021, Metinvest enterprises produced 9.709 million tons of pig iron, up by 15% YoY. Steel output also grew by 15%, to 9.533 million tons. Manufacture of semi-finished products went up by 3%, to 3.411 million tons, including 1.347 million tons of pig iron (+24%), 1.651 million tons of slabs (-26%) and 413 thousand tons…
In January, Zaporizhstal produced 400.1 thousand tons of pig iron, up by 0.3% YoY. Steel manufacture dropped by 2.2%, to 328.9 thousand tons, and rolled metal – by 1.6%, to 280.7 thousand tons. Last year, the company mastered the manufacture of seven new types of hot- and cold-rolled coils for its key customers. (Ukrainian metal)
In January, Irkutsk region produced 1169.45 kg of gold, up by 4% YoY. 4 companies operated at gold deposits. In particular, Polyus Verninskoye produced 754.05 kg of gold, Vysochaishiy with Ugakhan – 156.4 and 180.9 kg respectively and Druza LLC – 78.1 kg. This year, the region expects to yield 20.98 tons of gold, including…
In January-November 2021, Ukraine supplied 1.15 million tons of iron ore to Turkey, up 2.6-fold YoY. In November 2021, exports totaled 190.6 thousand tons, with no exports in November 2020. Brazil is the main supplier of iron ore to Turkey with the share of 51%. It is followed by Sweden (14%) and Ukraine (11%). (Ukrainian…
This year, Krivoy Rog Iron Ore Industrial Complex intends to increase production of iron ore with the iron content of 58.94% by 8.6% YoY, to 4.67 million tons. It also plans to extract 5.47 million tons of iron ore with the iron content of 56.25%, up by 22%. In particular, the Oktyabrskaya mine has to…
On January 28, Uzmetkombinat, the largest ferrous metals producer in Uzbekistan, finalized a deal to buy 51% of shares of Li Da Metall Technology LLC. The deal was financed from the company own funds. Li Da Metall Technology is situated in Akhangaran. It was launched in 2020 by a Chinese investor. The company produces A400-A500…
In 2021, the Metinvest Group of Companies paid 52.7 billion UAH of taxes to budgets of all levels, up 2.4-fold YoY. This was also the highest amount of taxes paid by the group in its history. Profit tax accounted for 33 billion UAH, up 6-fold. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2021, Zaporizhstal mastered the manufacture of 7 types of new hot- and cold-rolled coils for its main foreign customers. In particular, the company started producing hot-rolled coils with boron microalloying, as well as hot-rolled coils with lentil corrugation and the size of 3-3.9 x 1050-1250 mm. Zaporizhstal also added SAE 1006, DD11 ad ASTM…