The Cabinet of Ministers has included carbon and other alloyed rolled steel, cold-deformed rods and bars as well as some metal structures and their parts in the list of critical import wares. The list also includes copper foil, metal-cutting machines and machines for metal treatment. In 2021, domestic consumption of rolled metal grew by 4.14%…
Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG), Lithuania’s state-owned railway company, is halting the transportation of products sent to the port of Klaipeda by companies that are part of Russia’s mining and metallurgy group Metalloinvest. The decision was made in view of the continuing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the European Union’s (EU) new sanctions on Moscow,…
The Ministry of Economy has allowed the Ukrainian Metallurgical Plant Design Institute to conclude an agreement to design the construction of a forging and banding complex in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan for $840 thousand. The design was ordered by Astana Kala Kurylys. The cost of the work was more than 10% Ukrgipromez assets value, so the enterprise…
In January-November, Belarus decreased metal transit via Ukraine by 34.5% YoY, to 398.7 thousand tons. According to Ukrzaliznytsia, the main supplier was Belarus Iron and Steel Works. Metal was mostly shipped to Odessa port. (Ukrainian metal)
In October, average level of wages at by-product coke plants increased by 16.7% MoM, to 19.4 thousand UAH. At ferrous metals enterprises wages grew by 5.94%, to 20.75 thousand UAH, at pipes enterprises – by 5.2%, to 16.02 thousand UAH, at mining enterprises – by 1.53%, to 20.15 thousand UAH, at non-ferrous metals enterprises –…
In January-October, Ukraine increased railroad transportation of metal by 6.4% YoY, to 18.1 million tons. In October, compared with October 2020, transportation grew by 1.67 million tons, with exports up by 5.9%, to 1.17 million tons, and domestic transportation – by 6.7%, to 400 thousand tons, while transit dropped by 50.6%, to 56 thousand tons,…
In January-October, Ukraine decreased metal transportation along the Dnepr River by 27.8% YoY, to 1.08 million tons. Overall transportation grew by 35%, to 11.6 million tons. In 2020, Ukraine transported 1.83 million tons of metal along the Dnepr, up by 7% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
A new steel plant will be built in Georgia until 2023 within the “Produce in Georgia” state program, the government press office has reported. About 3,819,664 GEL ($1,216,453) will be invested to construct the new steel plant. Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said about 50 people would be employed at the plant. The state will give…