Ukrainian pipe output down in January-April 2014

In January-April major Ukrainian pipe companies produced 477 thousand tons of ferrous pipes, down by 16.1% YoY. April saw pipe output on the level of 140.6 thousand tons, up by 3.6% MoM. Khartsyzsk Pipe Works decreased its pipe output from 79.3 thousand tons in January-April 2013 to 61.4 thousand tons this year. In March and…

Ukraine decreases pipe output in Q1 2014

In January-March major pipe companies of Ukraine produced 337.1 thousand tons of ferrous metals pipes, down by 15.4% YoY. In March pipe output was on the level of 135.7 thousand tons, up by 17.5% MoM. Khartsyzsk Pipe Works has dramatically decreased its pipe output from 47.5 thousand tons in the first quarter of 2013 to…

Interpipe launches steel billet sales

Ukrainian steel pipe and railway wheel producer Interpipe has announced the launch of steel billet sales, produced by Interpipe Steel electric steel-melting complex. The steel billet mill, commissioned in 2012, produces round continuously cast billets for pipe and wheel steel grades with diameters ranging between 150 and 470 mm. The mill has already shipped trial lots…

Metinvest and Interpipe win UAH 33.77 million tender to supply Ukrtransgas

Ukraine-based Ukrtransgas, an affiliate of the Ukrainian national oil and gas company Naftogaz, has announced that Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest and Ukrainian steel pipe and railway wheel producer Interpipe have won a tender for the supply of steel pipes worth a total of UAH 33.776 million ($4.07 million).According to the contract, Metinvest…