In December 2017 Ukraine produced 1.87 million tons of pig iron, 1.88 million tons of steel and 1.7 million tons of rolled metal, all up by 3%, 0.4% and 7% MoM respectively. “Output increase in December 2017 was mostly thanks to Mariupol Iron and Steel Works and Zaporizhstal”, Ukrmetallurgprom reported. In January-December 2017 Ukraine produced…
In November Ukraine decreased steel output by 4.9% YoY, to 1.85 million tons, having retained the 13th place among 66 countries – main steel producers, according to Worldsteel. Ukraine lags behind Taiwan with 1.9 million tons, up by 8.6% YoY. The rating is headed by China with 66.151 million tons produced in November, up by…
Ukrmetallurgprom forecasts that in January 2018 Ukraine will produce 2 million tons of steel, 1.9 million tons of pig iron and 1.8 million tons of rolled metal. According to updated data, in November Ukraine produced 1.87 million tons of steel, 1.83 million tons of pig iron and 1.6 million tons of rolled metal. A slight…
In November Ukraine produced 1.87 million tons of steel, down by 3% MoM. Pig iron manufacture grew by 2%, to 1.83 million tons, while rolled metal dropped by 6%, to 1.6 million tons. “A slight decrease of steel and rolled metal output in November has to do with the scheduled and current repairs of the…
In January-October world steel output increased by 1.411 billion tons, according to World Steel Association. In October output grew by 5.9% YoY, to 145.25 million tons, with capacity loading at 73%. China manufactured 72.36 million tons of steel in October, followed by Japan (8.97 million tons), India (8.63 million tons), USA (7 million tons) and…
The main way of producing steel in October was oxygen-converter method, accounting for 71.7% (1.36 million tons out of 1.896 million tons). Then comes open-hearth furnace with 22.12% (419 thousand tons), followed by electric arc furnace (6.18%, 117 thousand tons). In January-October oxygen-converter shops produced 12.3 million tons of steel out of 17.7 million tons…
In October Ukraine produced 1.8 million tons of pig iron, 1.9 million tons of steel and 1.7 million tons of rolled metal, down by 3%, 2%, and up by 2% MoM respectively. As of the end of October 18 out of 28 blast furnaces (64%), 8 out of open-hearth furnaces (89%), 14 out of 21…
In September Ukraine dropped to the 13th position in the World Steel Association rating of 67 countries. Ukrainian steel output totaled 1.845 million tons, down by 0.8% YoY. China is leading, as always, with 71.827 million tons, up by 5.3%. Italy now occupies Ukraine’s previous month position (11) with 2.174 million tons, up by 8.3%…