In January, Interpipe Steel turns 9 years old. This is the first metal plant in Ukraine built from scratch during the years of Independence and the largest green investment in the industry ($1 billion). Construction allowed shutting down environment-damaging open-hearth manufacture and decreasing CO2 emission almost 10-fold. The company already corresponds to the standards and…
In 2020, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works increased rolled metal output by 12.4% YoY, to 3.67 million tons. Steel manufacture grew by 13.7%, to 4.05 million tons, pig iron – by 4.4%, to 4.65 million tons, and sinter – by 12.8%, to 12.34 million tons. In December 2020, Mariupol Ilyich produced 320 thousand tons…
Under its program to modernize its manufacturing capacities, Zaporozhkoks has finished another stage of coke-oven batteries Nos. 5-6 reconstruction. Investments amounted to 139 million UAH. The repair was carried out without shutting down operation, which helped maintain stable output. Last year, the company produced 853.12 thousand tons of blast furnace coke, up by 3% YoY.…
In 2020, Centravis produced 19.05 thousand tons of pipes, down by 7% YoY. In November 2020, the company forecast output at the level of 17.5-17.6 thousand tons. EBITDA grew 2-fold, to EUR 14 million. This year the company expects a slight decrease in output to 17.5 thousand tons. EBITDA is projected to grow by 20%,…
In 2020, Ukraine increased export of coke and semi-coke 4-fold YoY, to 58.093 thousand tons valued at $8.702 million, up 3.2-fold. According to the State Customs Service, the main customer was Turkey (65.95%), followed by Georgia (11.52%) and Poland (9.75%). Last year Ukraine imported 382.148 thousand tons of coke and semi-coke valued at $82.421 million,…
In January-October 2020, Russia produced 288.98 tons of gold, down by 6% YoY. The decrease was due to the drop in the by-product and secondary gold output by 9.4%, to 14.3 tons, and by 44.%, to 26.76 tons, respectively. The share of extracted gold increased by 1.3%, to 247.92 tons. The Far East Federal District…
In 2020, Ukraine exported 473.1 thousand tons of pipes valued at $521.9 million, down by 22.8% and by 22% YoY respectively. According to the State Customs Service, in December 2020 exports dropped by 13.4%, to 41.1 thousand tons valued at $43.2 million, down by 19.3%. Seamless pipes accounted for 350.6 thousand tons ($448.7 million), other…
In 2020, Ukraine decreased the export of titanium-containing ore and concentrate by 13.5% YoY, to 536.9 thousand tons valued at $138.3 million, down by 10.5%. According to the customs statistics, in December 2020, the export grew by 32.3%, to 74.8 thousand tons valued at $21.5 million, up by 41.8%. The main customers were Mexico (18%),…
