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…
It is reported that the Ukrainian steel group Vorskla plans to build a EUR 650 million steelworks, employing some 1,000 people in an industrial and logistics park in Hungary near the Ukrainian border.Vorskla is the first investor with plans to locate operations at the park which is scheduled to be completed in November 2010.A contract…
It is reported that the Ukrainian steel producer Makeevsk Metallurgical Plant has commissioned its new longs rolling mill 390. The total project investment amounted to USD 160 million. The new mill with an annual capacity of 720,000 tonnes will allow Makeevsk to produce rebars of 8 mm to 40 mm diameter. In addition, the mill…
The state statistics committee reported that Ukraine’s exports of ferrous metal scrap dropped 28% YoY to 296,200 tonnes in January to June 2009 down from 411,450 tonnes exported in the same period of 2008.At the same time, Ukraine’s revenues from exports of ferrous metal scrap dropped by 67% YoY to USD 62.7 million in January…
Ukrainian rolled steel consumption down 54.5pct in H1 According to the data issued by the Ukrainian Association of Metal Traders in the H1 of 2009 the country registered a 54.5% decrease in rolled steel consumption year on year to approximately 2,196,922 tonnes. Meanwhile, during the period in question, imports of rolled products to Ukraine went…
ILYICH STEEL OUTPUT IN N Q1 DROPS BY 50% YOY It is reported that steel output of Ukraine Mariupol Steel’s Ilyich has reduced by 50.4% which stands at 1.33 million tonnes and the pipe output has decreased by 71% to 17,200 tonnes.Crude steel and pellet output has decrease by 46.8% and 48% to 1.89 million…