In December Ukrainian metal companies plan to produce 2.1 million tons of steel, 2 million tons of pig iron and 1.8 million tons of rolled metal. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, the forecast for November was 1.9 million tons of steel and pig iron each, as well as 1.7 million tons of rolled metal. In October Ukraine…
In January-October Donetsk region increased industrial output. In particular in metal and metal wares manufacture the increase reached 6.6% YoY, in mining – 7.1%, in coke and by-product coke manufacture – 18.7%. In October coke production dropped by 5.9% YoY, mining – by 5.2%. Metal and metal wares manufacture went up in October by 1.6%…
The Antimonopoly committee of Ukraine has to check the intentions of Ukrzaliznytsia on increasing transportation tariffs in 2017 by 25% for cargo and by 35% for passengers. This has been voiced by the chairman of the Metallurgists Federation of Ukraine Sergey Belenky. According to him Ukrzaliznytsia management has officially confirmed this plan. “The Ministry of…
In January-October Kazakhstan produced 3521.85 thousand tons of steel, up by 11.7% YoY. According to the Ministry of economy, flat rolled metal output totaled 2476.75 thousand tons, up by 17.5% YoY, ferroalloys production reached 1595 thousand tons, up by 5.8%. Kazakhstan also mined 80.82 million tons of coal, down by 5.6% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-October Ukrainian refractory companies produced 182 thousand tons of products, up by 5% YoY. Metal wares output totaled 166 thousand tons, up by 15% YoY. Iron ore production dropped by 6%, to 62.83 million tons, concentrate – by 5%, to 52.41 million tons, At the same time iron ore raw materials output went up…
In January-September Ukrainian market received 3 million tons of rolled metal (without pipes), up by 20.8% YoY. With pipes deliveries total 3.33 million tons. In the reporting period Ukraine imported 0.48 million tons of metal, or 16.1% as opposed to 13.6% in January-September 2015. The growth trends over January-September have been observed in beams (up…
In November Russian Railways increased throughput by 2.6% YoY, to 34.06 million tons. In particular, the company transshipped 9.9 million tons of coal, up by 3% YoY. Iron and manganese ore transshipment went up by 4.5% YoY, to 3 million tons, ferrous metals scrap – by 10.4%, to 0.4 million tons, and coke – by…
Belarus and Pakistan are mulling over a joint steel production project, the press service of the Belarusian Industry Ministry reported. “Minsk hosted an official meeting of the Belarusian Industry Ministry authorities led by Minister Vitaly Vovk with Ahmad Ayaz Sadiq, Vice President at Barclays Bank Plc, Director for FI and NBFI Coverage in the Middle…