In January Ukrainian refractory material producers decreased their output by 23%, to 19 thousand tons, as compared with January 2013. According to Liliya Shumyachkova, CEO of the Ukrogneupor association, the main reason for the decrease was the absence of orders from mining-metallurgical companies. Some metal companies haven’t even placed orders for 2014. In January metal…
In the first 10 days of February the average daily pig iron output was on the level of 75.3 thousand tons, that of steel – 79.7 thousand tons, and of rolled metal – 66.5 thousand tons. That roughly equals the level of the beginning of January, but much lower that the results of both January…
In 2013 Ukrainian production of iron ore raw materials increased by 4.8%, to 81.2 million tons, up by 5 million tons YoY. All product categories witnessed the rise: ore – by 715 thousand tons, or 5.3%, concentrate – by 635 thousand tons, or 1.6%, pellets – by 1989 thousand tons, or 9.1%, and sinter –…
Ukrainian pig iron and ferroalloys export in 2013 went up by 1.1%, to $1.7 billion. Pig iron export constituted $823 million, while ferroalloys export was on the level of $906 million. At the same time Ukraine imported $6 million worth of pig iron and $318 million worth of ferroalloys. Ukraine traded with 8 countries. The…
In March metal output is forecast to increase by 8.5-11.5% to that of the February level. In particular, pig iron output would reach 2600 thousand tons (on average 83.9 thousand tons daily), up by 11.5% compared with February. Steel smelting would be 2700 thousand tons (87.1 thousand tons a day), up by 8.5% to the…
In 2013 Ukraine decreased its ferrous metal exports by 6.4%, to $14.32 billion, as compared with 2012. Ferrous metals export share reached 22.6% in the total export volume. Metal wares exports decreased by 8.7%, to $2.59 billion, and totalled 4.1% in the total export volumes. In December 2013 ferrous metals exports reached $1.223 billion, while…
In 2013 Ukraine’s exports of steel half-products totalled $5295.44 million, while imports reached $73.75 million. In December 2013 Ukraine exported steel half-products for $513.04 million and imported for $3.74 million. The main importers of Ukrainian steel half-products in December 2013 were Egypt ($98.87 million) and Turkey ($98.37 million). In November 2013 Ukraine exported steel half-products…
In January Ukrainian metal companies decreased their steel output by 12%, to 2.5 million tons, as compared with January 2013. Rolled metal manufacture decreased by 8%, to 2.3 million tons, while pig iron production dropped by 6%, to 2.34 million tons. Coke output in January decreased by 2%, to 1.49 million tons, as compared with…
In January Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, a part of the Metinvest group, decreased its rolled metal output by 18.6%, to 306 thousand tons, as compared with 2013. The works dropped its steel smelting by 11.3%, to 346 thousand tons, and its pig iron manufacture by 11.7%, to 298 thousand tons. In December 2013 Azovstal…
In January electrometallurgical works Dneprospetsstal (Zaporozhye) increased its steel smelting by 7.4%, to 24 thousand tons, as compared with 22.4 thousand tons in January 2013. According to a company representative, the works decreased its rolled metal output by 23.7%, to 10.6 thousand tons (13.8 thousand tons in January 2013). In February the works plans to…
In January Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works reached an increase in its output: pig iron manufacture rose by 1.7%, that of steel – by 2.3%, while rolled metal production increased by 3.9%. In January the works produced 283.8 thousand tons of pig iron, 336.6 thousand tons of steel and 293.4 thousand tons of rolled metal.…
In January Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works (UGOK) increased its concentrate output by 9.58%, to 977.5 thousand tons, as compared with January 2013. Sinter production in January decreased by 16.2%, to 207 thousand tons. It was due to the sinter machine #3 overhaul. In 2013 UGOK produced 10.936 million tons of concentrate. Sinter production in…
In January EVRAZ – Dniepropetrovsk Iron and Steel Works named after Petrovsky decreased its rolled metal output by 7%, to 69 thousand tons, as compared with January 2013. The works kept its steel smelting at the January 2013 level (82 thousand tons) and increased pig iron output by 4.9%, to 79 thousand tons. In December…
According to experts, in 2014 iron ore raw materials output in Ukraine will increase by 0.9 million tons and will reach 82.1 million tons, without taking Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works sinter into account. The increase will be the result of the growing domestic market demand, as well as the high levels of exports…
In January Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works decreased its rolled metal output by 5.4%, to 347 thousand tons, as compared with January 2013 (367 thousand tons). The works also decreased its output of steel by 4.7%, to 380 thousand tons, and pig iron production by 8.6%, to 350 thousand tons, as opposed to 399 and…
In January ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih decreased its rolled metal output by 12.7%, to 410 thousand tons, compared with January 2013. Steel smelting dropped by 29.7%, to 377 thousand tons, while pig iron manufacture decreased by 29.6%, to 333 thousand tons. In December 2013 the works produced 501 thousand tons of rolled metal. 564.4 thousand tons…
In January Donetsk Iron and Steel Works decreased its pig iron output by 3.1%, to 115 thousand tons, compared with January 2013. In January the works produced around 2 thousand tons of rolled metal, while it produced only 1 thousand tons in January 2013. In January 2014 the company planned to produce 118 thousand tons…
In January Mariupol Iron and Steel Works named after Ilyich, a part of Metinvest, decreased its rolled metal output by 8.7%, to 326 thousand tons, as compared to January 2013. Steel manufacture dropped by 13.5%, to 377 thousand tons, while pig iron output rose by 20.5%, to 442 thousand tons. In December 2013 the company…
In January 2014 Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after Dzerzhinsky, a part of the Industrial Union of Donbass corporation, decreased rolled output by 13%, to 231 thousand tons, as compared with January 2013. In January the works decreased its steel smelting by 14.5%, to 225 thousand tons, while pig iron manufacture fell by 18%,…
In January 2014 Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works, a part of Metinvest, increased its output of rolled metal by 6.5%, to 265 thousand tons YoY. Steel smelting increased by 10.4%, to 271 thousand tons, while pig iron manufacture rose by 8.1%, to 236 thousand tons. In January the company planned to produce 260 thousand tons…
Ukrkoks association forecasts coke output on the level of 17.6 million tons in 2014. According to the association CEO Anatoliy Starovoit, coke output is expected on the level of 2013, as the pig iron volumes remained the same. In 2013 Ukraine decreased coke output by 7%, or by 1338 thousand tons, to 17596 thousand tons, compared…
In 2013 Ukraine exported pig iron for $823.26 million, while imports totaled $6.04 million.
In December 2013 Ukraine exported pig iron for $108.32 million, while imports totaled $0.85 million. On of the main importers of pig iron in December 2013 was Turkey ($52.8 million). (Ukrainian metal)
In 2013 Ukraine exported rolled flats for $3693.14 million, while imports totaled $1365.55 million.
In December 2013 Ukraine exported $270.63 million worth of rolled flats, while imports totaled $68.14 million. One of the main importers of rolled flats in December 2013 was Russia ($49.14 million). (Ukrainian metal)
In 2013 Ukraine exported $1595.01 million worth of steel pipes, while imports totaled $190.59 million.In December 2013 Ukraine exported steel pipes for $102.31 million, while imports totaled $16.1 million. One of the main steel pipes importers in December 2013 was Turkmenistan ($24.3 million). In November 2013 Ukraine exported steel pipes for $83.67 million, while imports…