In H2 2018 the number of people employed in metal industry grew by 0.5%, to 189.7 thousand people. According to the State Statistics Service, average salary in the industry increased by 29% last year, to 12.496 thousand UAH. Metal companies also paid a lot of taxes, becoming major taxpayers. (Ukrainian metal)
In January the West-Siberian Railroad transported 22 million tons of cargo in Kuzbass region, up by 5% YoY. In particular, the transportation of coal grew by 3.5%, to 19 million tons. The railroad also transported 775 thousand tons of iron ore (+49%) and 547 thousand tons of ferrous metals (+2.7%). (Ukrainian metal)
In January Russian Railroads transported 105.4 million tons of cargo, up by 1.6% YoY. In particular, coal transportation grew by 5.2%, to 32.9 million tons, coke – by 9.1%, to 0.986 million tons, iron and manganese ore – by 7.5%, to 9.9 million tons, and ferrous metals – by 0.1%, to 6.6 million tons. At…
In 2018 Ukrainian metal enterprises consumed some 1.84 billion cubic meters of natural gas, up by 4% YoY. In December 2018, gas consumption grew by 13% MoM, to 170 million cubic meters. Energy consumption last year was 11.76 billion kW-h, up by 6% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
Ukraine has covered the quotas for the delivery of metal products to EU by 55-100%. As of January 7, Ukraine has supplied 2.72 million tons of hot-rolled metal to EU, or 63.734% of the quota. The quota for the cold-rolled metal has been 54.93% fulfilled (724 thousand tons supplied), plates – 60.35% (870 thousand tons),…
In 2013-2017 the major metal companies have been seriously decreasing the number of their employees. In particular, Evraz fired 40 thousand people, and Severstal – some 10 thousand. At the same time at present Severstal intends to hire new personnel for Yakovlevsky GOK. (Ukrainian metal)
In November Ukrainian metal companies increased natural gas consumption by 7% MoM, to 150 million cubic meters. In 11 months consumption grew by 6%, to 1670 million cubic meters. Electricity consumption in January-November was 10.74 billion kWh, up by 7% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
China’s HBIS Tangsteel plans to build a 100-billion ruble steel plant in Russia’s Far East, the regional authorities said in a statement on November 30. “The corporation is interested in cooperation with the Far East of Russia. HBIS Tangsteel plans to acquire a metals plant in the Khabarovsk region, and to build a new metal…