The Ukrainian flat steel producer Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has announced the recommissioning of its open hearth furnace No 3 following capital repairs. The open hearth furnace No 3 was stopped in March 2008 mainly due to technical and technological reasons added to the effects of the global economic crisis, with some of the…
According to Mr. Vladimir Boiko, general director of the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, the company could be forced to stop its operations within two or three months if the state does not pay value added tax refunds which currently exceeds UAH 800 million.Mr. Boiko said “Currently the main thing for the plant is…
According to preliminary data, in 2009 the investment volume into Ukrainian metallurgy upgrade did not exceed UAH 5 billion.In recent years the metallurgists kept increasing the investments into main capacities upgrade. The investment started picking up in 2007, when the investments volume amounted to UAH 10.5 billion. In terms of specific investments per 1 ton…
The Ukrainian flat steel producer Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol (Ilyich) has announced that it plans to invest about $28 million into reconstruction of its existing gas cleaning equipment at its sinter shop No 2.The reconstruction will include the installation of eight new up to date electric filters at its sinter shop No…
According to Mr. Vladimir Boyko, CEO of Ukrainian steel producer Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol, the works has restarted operations at its reconstructed blast furnace No 5 following positive signs of recovery and the increase in order numbers, which have resulted in all the conditions for a stable level of production in 2010.By…
According to Mr Vladimir Boyko CEO of Ukrainian steel producer Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol at his meeting with Prime Minister of Ukraine Ms Yulia Tymoshenko in Mariupol, Ilyich has increased its capacity utilization level to 70% in November from 65% in the previous month. Mr Boyko stated that “In October last year…
According to Mr. Sergey Grischenko, Deputy Minister of Ukraine, as he announced during the plenary session of Ukrainian part of the inter-governmental Ukrainian-Chinese commission on industrial and trade cooperation, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises in January to August this year supplied 1.7 million tons of rolled steel to China whereas in the same period of last year…
Mr. Boiko, CEO of Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, in an interview with Radio “Liberty” said that the situation in the Ukrainian steel industry will become worse in the next four months. He told that “The reason is an increase in production in the previous few months which has not been supported by a…
