The center of metal products standardization and certification of the Central Research-Scientific Institute of the ferrous metallurgy named after Bardin has prepared the second edition of the draft national standard GOST R “Rolled plates of cryogenic steel”. The standard will be implemented for the first time. The document has been initiated by metal companies producing…
The throughput of Novorossiysk Sea Trade Port in January-May totaled 59.752 million tons, up by 2.2% YoY. Ferrous metals and pig iron accounted for 5.483 million tons, down by 1.5%. The drop is due among other things to the implementation of import duties in the US. Non-ferrous metals throughput dropped by 17.8%, to 0.354 million…
In June Ukrainian metal companies increased natural gas consumption by 7% MoM, to 150 million cubic meters. In 6 months consumption dropped by 5% YoY, to 890 million cubic meters of natural gas. At the same time electricity consumption in June dropped by 3% MoM, to 950 million kW-h, and in 6 months – by…
The Ministry of industry and trade expects the domestic demand for steel to grow thanks to national projects. “Last year the growth was some 2%. This year we await a small growth. I think around 1%. Next year we expect a considerable growth due to a number of projects in various market segments. We hope…
In June the Northern Railroad transported 5.2 million tons of cargo, up by 2.5% YoY. In 6 months throughput grew by 5.1%, to 32.5 million tons. In particular, the railroad transported 4.5 million tons of ferrous metals (unchanged), 2.2 million tons of coal (+35.5%), 1.7 million tons of non-ferrous ore (+4%) and 0.6 million tons…
In June Russian Railways throughput totaled 101.6 million tons, down by 5.4% YoY. In H1 throughput dropped by 1.5%, to 633.6 million tons. Ferrous metals accounted for 38.2 million tons, down by 3.3%. In January-June 6.9 million tons of ferrous metals scrap were transported, down by 0.2%. At the same time transportation of iron and…
In January-March large and medium metal companies posted losses of 6.13 billion UAH as opposed to the profit of 4.36 billion UAH in Q1 2018. According to the State Statistics Service, 69.5% of enterprises received a profit of 2 billion UAH, while the other 30.5% got losses of 9 billion UAH. EBITDA was –6.75 billion…
In January-May Ukrzaliznytsia transported 29.8 million tons of iron and manganese ores, up by 5.7% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, metal cargo transportation grew by 2.2%, to 43.1 million tons. Scrap transportation fell by 13.9%, to 1.1 million tons. Ukrzaliznytsia has also decreased ferrous metals transportation by 2.5%, to 8.5 million tons, and…
