In 2015-2018 Interpipe lost some 14% of the Ukrainian market of seamless hot-rolled pipes. The drop is due to the growth of Chinese products on the Ukrainian market, which are sold at dumping prices. “There has not been such a growth before. But in 2018 Chinese deliveries began increasing drastically resulting in such damage. As…
In January-July Interpipe Steel produced 549 thousand tons of steel, down by 5.8% YoY. In July the company produced 73 thousand tons of steel, while in June – 75 thousand tons. In 2018 Interpipe Steel produced 973.8 thousand tons of round steel billets, up by 15% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
The European Commission has decreased the antidumping duties on Interpipe Niko Tube and Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsk Pipe Works from 13.8% to 8.1%. The decision has been taken under a partial revision of antidumping duties on the import of some steel pipes from Ukraine. The revision has been initiated by Interpipe. The EU started revising duty size…
In January-June Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsk Pipe-Rolling Plant increased net profit 2.1-fold YoY, to 1.918 billion UAH. Net income grew by 8.3%, to 7.639 billion UAH. Undistributed profit as of the end of the first half-year totaled 2.179 billion UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
Electric energy expenses of industrial consumers have grown by 22%, and the full price has reached 1.93 UAH per kW-h. According to Interpipe, on July 1-2 the average electricity price was 1.58 UAH per kW-h, roughly on par with the June level. But now a tariff of Ukrenergo has to be added to this price,…
Vallourec Niko Tube, a joint venture of Vallourec and Interpipe, was created in April 2018 to produce seamless pipes for the European market. The manufacture is situated in the city of Nikopol and consists of two lines in the pipe-rolling shops Nos. 2 and 7 of Interpipe Niko Tube. Interpipe is responsible for the manufacture…
Interpipe wants Ukrzaliznytsia to sell scrap on FCA terms. “We do not buy scrap from Ukrzaliznytsia, as we do not agree with the terms of the current auctions. The key problem is the terms of delivery. They are trying to sell a batch of scrap lying somewhere and weighing none knows how much, protect it…
Ukraine must protect its market from the inflow of Chinese pipes. “China constantly increases the deliveries of seamless pipes to Ukraine, especially lately”, Interpipe CFO Denis Morozov said. According to him, earlier Europe, USA and Russia imposed a number of limitations on the delivery of Ukrainian pipe products. “In this trade war we must protect…