The construction of the bridge over the Kerch Strait will have negative consequences for Ukrainian metallurgy. Earlier the Russian authorities claimed that the project would not affect the free sailing in the Black and Azov Seas, nor the throughput of Ukrainian Azov ports – Mariupol and Berdyansk. “But the reality is different. Moscow has imposed…
According to Ukrmetallurgprom president Alexander Kalenkov, the situation with provision of mining and metal companies with railroad cars is stable – it’s still bad. “In 10 days, despite our efforts to improve situation, the progress in railroad car supplies is mostly unseen – the same 18%”, he said. He noted that while some companies could…
In July metal companies increased natural gas consumption by 4% YoY, to 130 million cubic meters. Average daily gas consumption totaled 4.2 million cubic meters. In 2016 daily average daily consumption totaled 4.8 million cubic meters, down from 5.5 million cubic meters in 2015. In January-July Ukrainian metal companies consumed 1 billion cubic meters of…
In industry prices in July increased by 1.8% after a fall of 0.6% in June and 1.3% in May. According to the State Statistics Service, prices increased by 23.3% YoY in July, and by 8% YoY in 7 months. Metallic ore mining prices dropped by 1.3%, in metal manufacture – by 2.1%, at the same…
In January-June the share of metal and metal wares in the total export volumes to the far foreign countries reached 9.9% from 9.8% in H1 2016. The value of the exports increased by 30.8%, while their volume dropped by 3.9%. According to the Federal Customs Service, pig iron exports fell by 15.5%, aluminum – by…
At the plant for production of metallurgical-grade silicon of Tau-Ken Temir LLP, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev has checked the current measures for technological modernization and prospects for development of the enterprise. Sagintayev examined the operational shops for silicon, refining, teeming and production, and visited the silicon intermediate storage facility. Murat Zhukenov, the Board…
The country’s third largest city Sumgayit will be the home to a huge metallurgical complex to be jointly built by Azerbaijan and Italy. The agreement signed between Baku Steel Company and Italian company Danieli in December 2016 will allow the country to save millions of dollars it spends on import and create opportunity for opening…
In May Donetsk region decreased pig iron output by 21.7% YoY, steel – by 18.4% and rolled metal – by 24.9%. Pig iron output in January-May dropped by 13.5% YoY, to 3.4 million tons, steel – by 6.4%, to 3.5 million tons, and rolled metal – by 7.9%, to 1.9 million tons. Despite the decrease…