According to Mr Vladimir Vlasyuk director of the state monitoring and consulting company Ukrpromzovnishexpertyza, January to June this year, Ukraine saw a huge increase in its rolled steel product exports to China from 11,000 tonnes in the same period last year to 970,000 tonnes. Mr Vlasyuk said such an increase in the Ukrainian exports to…
Ukrainian steel producer Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol has announced that it intends to complete the reconstruction of its blast furnace No 5 in November of the current year. As a result of the reconstruction, the volume of the BF No 5 will increase from the current 2,300 cubic meters to 2,500 cubic…
The Ukrainian iron ore and steel producer Metinvest Holding has announced that in July its subsidiary Khartsyzsk Pipe Works manufactured a total of 48,116 tonnes of large diameter pipes up by 10.5%MoM. In July KhPW continued production of 0 1,067mm 15.9mm and K55 720mm 8mm large diameter pipes with anticorrosive coating, and started production of…
Rusmet reported that in the H1 of 2009, Ukrainian exports of steel pipes decreased by 31.7%YoY, semi finished steel product exports are down by 14.9%, exports of flat rolled and long steel plunged by about 40%while ferroalloy exports are down a whopping 59%. (Rusmet.ru)
Interfax-Ukraine cited Ms Tymoshenko prime minister of Ukraine as saying that Ukraine produced around 16% more steel in July than in June. Ms Tymoshenko said “We saw prices for Ukrainian semis and rolled products grow 15% to 30% in June to July. She said this was largely thanks to the government’s anti crisis program which…
Ukrainian Journal reported that most of Ukraine steel majors again reduced finished roll production considerably in January to July 2009, although the decline in the industry seems to be slowing slightly. July data1. ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih the country biggest steel mill reduced finished roll production tentatively by 35.5%YoY to 2.56 million tonne.2. Azovstal reduced roll…
KyivPost quoted the Industrial Policy Ministry as saying that Ukrainian steel industry reduced finished roll output 34%YoY in January to July to 14.579 million tonnes. Some other details are as under 1. Crude steel production down by 37% YoY to 16.277 million tonnes 2. Hot metal fell by 34% YoY to 14.332 million tonnes. 3.…
According to the data for the H1 of 2009, Ukrainian exports of steel pipes decreased by 31.7%YoY to 655,080 tonnes, semi finished steel product exports dropped by 14.9% to 6.001 million tonnes, its exports of flat rolled steel decreased by 40.2% YoY to about 2.752 million tonnes and its exports of long steel dropped by…