In March, Kazakhstan produced 0.673 million tons of steel, up by 56.4% YoY. In Q1 steel output dropped by 2.7% YoY, to 1.135 million tons. According to the Ministry of National Economy, rolled metal output dropped by 22.9%, to 0.208 million tons in March and by 48%, to 0.391 million tons in Q1. Ferroalloys manufacturers…
In January-March, Ukrainian metal companies decreased natural gas consumption by 10% YoY, to 460 million cubic meters. In March consumption grew by 3% MoM, to 150 million cubic meters. Electricity consumption in Q1 totaled some 2.920 billion kW-h, down by 4% YoY. In March, Ukrainian metal companies consumed 1 billion kW-h, up by 10% MoM.…
In March, Far Eastern Railroad transported 4.27 million tons of cargo, up by 1.8% YoY. In particular, iron and manganese ore transportation grew by 9.3%, to 533 thousand tons, and metal wares – by 22.4%, to 290 thousand tons. At the same time transportation of coal decreased by 5.8%, to 4.596 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In March Sverdlovsk railroad transported 12.3 million tons of cargo, up by 2% YoY. In January-March transportation grew by 1.6% YoY, to 34.4 million tons. In particular, the railroad transported 2.7 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 10.9%, 518.6 thousand tons of scrap (+4.6%), 3.1 million tons of iron and manganese ore (+9.2%), and…
Tajikistan hopes to attract additional investments of $300 million in mining and metallurgical sphere. “The volume of investments in the next 5 years has to reach 2.73 billion somoni”, the government approved program of development till 2025 says. Additional investments will help local companies modernize existing capacities and commission new ones, as well as develop…
In March 113.3 million tons of cargo were transported by railroad, up by 0.5% YoY. In Q1 transportation grew by 0.7%, to 318.7 million tons. In particular, in three months Russian railroad transported 29.3 million tons of iron and manganese ore, up by 7.7%. The transportation of ferrous metals dropped by 1.7%, to 19.4 million…
Russia notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the possibility of retaliation against E.U. tariff quotas on steel imports, according to the WTO documents. The European Commission introduced up to three-year restrictions on imports of 26 categories of steel products on February 2, after the U.S. set up steel import duties. The measures consist of…
In January-February domestic consumers received 555.9 thousand tons of rolled metal, with 186.9 thousand tons, or 33.6% imported. In January-February 2018, domestic market consumed 663.1 thousand tons, of which 193.1 thousand tons, or 29.1% were imported. Thus, this year metal consumption dropped by 16.2%, with imports down by 3.2%. Most metal was supplied from the…