Interpipe is forced to leave the US pipes market with the introduction of new limitations on exports. In the past several months, USA has announced a new 23.75% duty on Ukrainian linear pipes and an intention to slap a 30.19% duty on OCTG pipes in addition to the 25% customs duty already in force. Thus,…
In January-July, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih increased pig iron output by 11% YoY, to 3.28 million tons. Rolled metal manufacture decreased by 2%, to 2.7 million tons, while that of steel grew by 2.5%, to 2.9 million tons. In July, AMKR produced 400 thousand tons of rolled metal, 450 thousand tons of steel and 500 thousand…
The contribution of the mining and metal complex to the currency income from exports in January-June grew from 25.3% to 33%. According to the State Statistics Service, export revenue totaled $10 billion. In H1, ferrous metals export revenue grew by 57.5%, to $6.14 billion, and iron ore – 2.1-fold, to $3.91 billion. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June, Pobuzhye Ferronickel Plant decreased ore processing by 13.6% YoY, to 666.3 thousand tons. This corresponds to the production of 32.3 thousand tons of ferronickel (-25.6%) or 7.4 thousand tons of nickel (-9.4%). EBITDA amounted to 0.2 million UAH. The company paid 1.1 million UAH of profit tax. Average salary was 12.998 UAH, up…
In January-July, Ferrexpo increased railroad deliveries to Europe by 81.3% YoY, to 2.3 million tons. Deliveries to ports dropped by 21.3%, to 4.4 million tons. In particular, in 7 months the Zolotnishino station shipped 6.7 million tons of iron ore, down by 2.8%, Batyevo – 544.1 thousand tons, up by 32.7%, Izmail – 668.8 thousand…
In July, Kazakhstan produced 444,801 tons of raw steel, up by 26.1% YoY. In January-July, output grew by 19.4%, to 2.596 million tons. Flat rolled metal manufacture increased by 13.5%, to 285,869 tons, with 1.702 million tons produced in 7 months, up by 20.2%. Ferroalloys production totaled 168,469 tons in July, down by 8.8%,…
The State Expertise Service of Russia has approved the design documentation for the project to develop the Murtykty deposit in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The deposit was discovered in 1980. It is one of the largest gold deposits in the whole South Urals. Bashkirskaya Gold-mining Company has been the owner of the license to develop…
In January-July, Ukraine decreased exports of iron ore raw materials by 3.5% YoY, to 26.079 million tons, valued $4.695 billion, up 2.15-fold. According to the State Customs Service, the main customers were China (45.8% in monetary terms), the Czech Republic (9.47%) and Austria (8.09%). In 7 months, Ukraine imported 1.134 thousand tons of iron ore…