According to Severstal, the growth of demand for steel on the local market in 2018 and until 2023 will be 1% due to the slow down of the economy. Earlier the company predicted a growth of 3-4%. The main reason for the decrease of demand is the drop in the construction sector, even though an…
In October direct deliveries of ferrous metals to railroad machine-builders totaled 119 thousand tons. According to the railroad statistics, this is up by 3.9% YoY. In 10 months deliveries grew by 21.4% YoY, to 1.25 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In October direct railroad deliveries of metal to the major shipbuilding and ship-repair enterprises totaled 8.1 thousand tons. According to the railroad statistics, this is down by 35% YoY. In 10 months deliveries reached 93.6 thousand tons, down by 23.2% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
Despite sanctions and limitation from both countries, Ukrainian companies continue active cooperation with their partners from Russia. The largest exporters to Russia are Azovstal (5.5-6 billion UAH in 2017), Pokrovskoye Mine Group (1.5-2 billion UAH) and ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih (1-1.5 billion UAH). Zaporozhkoks is also on the list. At the same time AMKR supplies only…
In October direct deliveries of steel to the companies manufacturing ferroconcrete structures, as well as house building factories totaled 13.4 thousand tons. According to the railroad statistics, this is down by 25.1% YoY. In January-October deliveries of steel reached 147 thousand tons, down by 30.8% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In October railroad deliveries of steel to the warehouses of the major trading companies and networks amounted to 0.845 million tons. According to the railroad statistics, this is down by 13.5% YoY. In July-September the deliveries were down by 9.5-14.3%. In January-October steel deliveries to trading companies dropped by 3.7% YoY, to 8.8 million tons.…
In October railroad deliveries of rolled steel and pipes from the major metal companies to the Russian customers and for exports decreased by 5% YoY, to 4.96 million tons. Sales to the local market dropped by 6.2%, to 2.94 million tons, and exports – by 3.3%, to 2.02 million tons. In January-October metal sales via…
In January-October Kazakh manufacturers increased prices by 16.4% YoY. The largest growth was witnessed in the mining industry – by 24.6%. In particular, coal prices grew by 10%, and metal ore – by 2.8%, In metal industry ferroalloys increased in price by 19%, and rolled ferrous metals by 18.2%. At the same time lead became…