In August coal output and exports fell by 6.1% and by 1.6% respectively, to 34.4 million tons and 17.1 million tons. The increase in exports is possible with the improvement of the railroad infrastructure in the eastern parts of Russia. The non-ferrous metals saw a drop of sales both on the global market (by 13%)…
In January-June wholesale of metal grew by 17.3% YoY, to 2.7 million tons, valued at 48.9 billion UAH, up by 10.3%. The growth is due to the changes in the trade, including exports, as the domestic market does not show such rates. Rolled metal consumption dropped by 5.17%, to 1.97 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-August metal prices in Ukraine decreased by 5.4%, including local prices by 4.7% and export prices by 6.1%. According to the State Statistics Service, industrial prices at the same time grew by 7.6%, 9% and 1.5% respectively. Prices in metallic ore mining increased by 17.9%, 7.3% and 28%. This dynamics completely reflects global market…
In January-July industrial prices in Ukraine grew by 8.1% YoY, including domestic prices by 9.6% and export prices by 1.6%. According to the Service of State Statistics, the prices in metallic ore mining increased by 14.5%, including by 3.8% locally and by 24.7% for exports. At the same time, in metal manufacture prices dropped by…
In January-June the sea trade port St. Petersburg transshipped 3.5 million tons of cargo, down by 7% YoY. Ferrous metals throughput dropped by 26%, to 1.5 million tons. The decrease is due to the drop of exports. At the same time non-ferrous metals throughput increased by 20%, to 0.705 million tons. Throughput of scrap remained…
In January-June Ukrainian metal makers supplied 1.312 million tons of rolled metal to the domestic market. In 6 months domestic market received 1.974 million tons of rolled metal, of which imports accounted for 661.8 thousand tons, or 33.5%. In H1 2018 domestic market received 2.081 million tons, including 653.3 thousand tons of imports, or 31.4%…
Russia has asked for consultations within the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the U.S. steel anti-dumping duties, the WTO said in a statement on July 9. Russia thinks that the measure does not meet the requirements of the WTO’s Anti-Dumping Agreement, the organization said. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
In May, prices of industrial products increased by 2.3% MoM and by 4.8% since December 2018. Mining companies increased prices by 7.4%, and processing by 3.4%. In particular, since the start of the year prices for metal ores have grown by 14.2%, and for coal by 10%. Zinc became 10.8% more expensive, ore – 6.6%,…