According to Russian Railroads, in February 99.4 million tons of cargo were transported, down by 0.6% YoY. In January-February, transportation dropped by 2.8%, to 199.6 million tons. In particular, iron and manganese ores accounted for 19.7 million tons, up by 2.8%. Transportation of ferrous metals dropped by 4.9%, to 12.1 million tons, but scrap grew…
In January Russia produced 4.8 million tons of unalloyed steel and semi-finished products, down by 5.5% YoY and by 2.6% MoM. Stainless steel manufacture grew by 9.1% and by 26.2% respectively, to 16.6 thousand tons. Alloyed steel production totaled 1.5 million tons, up by 24% YoY and by 6.1% MoM. Rolled metal output in January…
In 2019 transportation of metal and mining products via roads decreased. In particular, transportation of iron ore dropped by 41%, to 1.15 million tons, and metals – by 9.7%, to 3.2 million tons (including 533.7 thousand tons abroad). According to the State Statistics Service, automobile transportation of iron, pig iron, steel and ferroalloys went down…
In 2019, 19 metal and mining companies entered the top-100 taxpayers in Ukraine according to the Rating Magazine. In particular, among them Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works paid the most – 3404.5 million UAH, up by 1.19% YoY. It is followed by Severniy GOK – 3399.3 million UAH (+20.11%), ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih – 3311.02 million…
In 2019 the volume of capital investments in metal manufacture grew by 29.7% YoY, to 30.49 billion UAH. At the same time, the growth of capital investments in Ukrainian economy slowed down to 15.5%. In 2018 investments grew by 16.4%, and in 2017 – by 22.1%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January railroad transportation of iron and manganese ore as well as ferrous metals grew by 10.8% and by 2.5%. At the same time transportation of coke dropped by 23.4% and scrap – by 22.7%. According to the State Statistics Service, 6.9 million tons of iron and manganese ores were transported, 2 million tons of…
In 2019 steel consumption in Ukraine dropped by 13.1% YoY, while the imports grew by 1.6%. Domestic consumers received 4.685 million tons of rolled metal, including 1.419 million tons of imported (30.3%). In 2018 domestic companies received 5.394 million tons of metal, with 1.442 million tons (26.7%) imported. Flat rolled metal accounted for 55.29% and…
Judging from the Cabinet of Ministers decree dated February 17, the government is worried about the quality of rolled metal used in construction. There are 177 companies in the country manufacturing metal products for construction. Flaws have been found out in their operation that affect the safety of steel products. In particular, they are the…