According to mining enterprises association Ukrrudprom, Ukrainian metallurgical plants increased iron ore raw materials import in January to November 2009 by 33% YoY to 3.602 million tons.In January to November iron ore concentrate import grew 2.8 times to 2.815 million tons, sinter ore import decreased by 53.3% to 563,300 tons, pellets import decreased by 59.4%…
According to Ukrrudprom, the association of Ukrainian mining enterprises, Ukraine raised iron ore exports tentatively 22.9% YoY in January to November to 25.87 million tons.Iron ore concentrate exports soared 90.4% to 12.015 million tons and pellets were up by 7.6% to 8.819 million tons, however sinter ore exports fell by 26.1% to 4.784 million tons.…
According to Mr. Vladimir Boyko, CEO of Ukrainian steel producer Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol, the works has restarted operations at its reconstructed blast furnace No 5 following positive signs of recovery and the increase in order numbers, which have resulted in all the conditions for a stable level of production in 2010.By…
According to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, during January to November 2009 Ukraine imports of steel products registered a decline of 61.1% YoY to about 649,000 tons. Compared with July this year when the country steel product imports reached a peak monthly volume for the year so far,…
Blast furnace 3 at the Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works (EMZ) in Ukraine will be the first hearth in Ukraine with a GrafTech refractory hearth.The EMZ plant has 3 blast furnaces. 3 is a 9.1 m diameter furnace with 2 tapholes and stave cooled hearth and bosh. The GrafTech lining includes a GradeD carbon block…
According to the data for January to October 2009, Ukrainian exports of steel pipes decreased by 27.5% YoY to 1.16 million tons, semi-finished steel product exports dropped by 10.5% to 9.8 million tons, exports of flat-rolled steel decreased by 32.2% YoY to 4.95 million tons and exports of long steel dropped by 19.8% YoY to…
The major Ukrainian steelmakers have released their preliminary production results for the first eleven months of 2009. Accordingly, during the given period Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol reduced its finished steel product output by 31.5% and its pipe production by 60% YoY to about 2.76 million tons and 36,000 tons respectively. Ilyich crude…
The Metallurgprom association said Ukraine would likely cut rolled steel output 15.6% this year to 26.684 million tons judging by results for the first 11 months. Pig iron production could fall 18% to 25.484 million tons, crude steel by 21% to 29.515 million tons, pipes by 32% to 1.593 million tons and coke by 12%…