In January-August, Ukrainian metal companies decreased natural gas consumption by 6.1% YoY, to 1.31 billion cubic meters. Electricity consumption grew by 4.4%, to 7.67 billion kW-h. Last year, gas consumption went up by 4.4%, to 1.88 billion cubic meters, while electricity consumption dropped by 0.6%, to 11.1 billion kW-h. (Ukrainian metal)
The contribution of the mining and metal complex to the currency income from exports in January-June grew from 25.3% to 33%. According to the State Statistics Service, export revenue totaled $10 billion. In H1, ferrous metals export revenue grew by 57.5%, to $6.14 billion, and iron ore – 2.1-fold, to $3.91 billion. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-July, metal companies shipped 12.7 million tons of metal via railroad, up by 5.7% YoY. In July, metal transportation grew by 17.3%, to 1.91 million tons. In particular, exports went up by 14.1%, to 1.41 million tons, transit – by 50.1%, to 116.9 thousand tons, and inner – by 28.5%, to 349.7 thousand tons,…
Turkey’s export of products of the mining industry to Georgia increased by 54.2% from January through May compared to the same period of last year, to $7 million, the Turkish Ministry of Trade reported. Turkey increased the export of products of the mining industry to Georgia by 28.8% in May, to $955,000. (Trend/Ukrainian metal)
In May, average wages in the mining and metal industry increased. Ferrous metallurgy enterprises witnessed the largest growth – by 8%, to 20.1 thousand UAH. At by-product coke plants the average salary was 20.2 thousand UAH (+5%), at pipe companies – 15.1 thousand UAH (+2.1%), at mining enterprises – 19.2 thousand UAH (+3.1%), in non-ferrous…
In May, average salaries in metal and mining sectors decreased. Only pipe enterprises increased their wages – by 7.8%, to 14.8 thousand UAH. Thus, at by-product coke plants average salary was 19.2 thousand UAH (-12%), in ferrous metallurgy – 18.6 thousand UAH (-16%), at mining companies – 18.6 thousand UAH (-9.5%), in non-ferrous metallurgy –…
In January-April, metal companies consumed around 650 million cubic meters of natural gas, up by 8.3% YoY. Electricity consumption grew by 3.9%, to 3.76 billion kW-h. In 4 months, Ukraine produced 7.14 million tons of steel (+7.2%), 7.07 million tons of pig iron (+9%) and 6.39 million tons of rolled metal (+7%). (Ukrainian metal)
In January, average wages in Ukrainian metal industry mostly grew. Ferrous metal industry demonstrated the largest growth – by 21.1%, to 20.4 thousand UAH. According to the Union of metal and mining workers, at by-product coke plants the average salary was 20 thousand UAH (+13.2%), at pipe companies – 13.3 thousand UAH (-7.1%), at mining…