In March Donetsk region increased all its metal output: pig iron manufacture rose by 22.8%, steel production increased by 17.5%, while rolled metal output rose by 26.2%, MoM.In January-March metal companies of the Donetsk region produced 3.1 million tons of pig iron, up by 1.7% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
Experts forecast steel output on the level of 2.7 million tons in May, that of pig iron at 2.56 million tons, and 2.5 million tons of rolled metal. To ensure the manufacture of such volumes, metal companies will need 630 thousand tons of sinter ore, 1580 thousand tons of concentrate, 520 thousand tons of sinter,…
In January-March Ukrainian metal companies smelted 7.53 million tons of steel, down by 9% YoY. Rolled metal manufacture decreased by 8%, to 6.73 million tons. Steel pipes production in January-March fell to 0.34 million tons, down by 15% YoY. The country produced 7 million tons of pig iron, down by 3% YoY. In 2014 Ukrainian…
In February in Ukraine steel manufacture (without continuous-cast semi-products) decreased by 16.5%, to 1053 thousand tons, YoY, but increased by 2.4% MoM. In January-February Ukraine produced 2082 thousand tons of steel, down by 19% YoY. Continuous-cast semi-products output decreased in February by 7.7% YoY, to 1341 thousand tons, and again by 7.7% MoM. In January-February…
In January-February Ukraine decreased steel output by 10%, to 4.89 million tons, YoY. Rolled metal output decreased by 8%, to 4.4 million tons. Pig iron production dropped by 5%, to 4.54 million tons. Coke output in January-February decreased by 3%, to 2.83 million tons. In 2013 metal companies produced 29.11 million tons of pig iron,…
In January steel output in Ukraine decreased by 21.4%, to 1028 thousand tons, as compared with January 2013, and by 9.4% with December 2013. Continuous casting semi-finished products output totalled 1454 thousand tons in January, down by 2% YoY and 2.6% as to December 2013. Rolled ferrous metals output in January decreased by 15.4%, to…
In the first 10 days of February the average daily pig iron output was on the level of 75.3 thousand tons, that of steel – 79.7 thousand tons, and of rolled metal – 66.5 thousand tons. That roughly equals the level of the beginning of January, but much lower that the results of both January…
In March metal output is forecast to increase by 8.5-11.5% to that of the February level. In particular, pig iron output would reach 2600 thousand tons (on average 83.9 thousand tons daily), up by 11.5% compared with February. Steel smelting would be 2700 thousand tons (87.1 thousand tons a day), up by 8.5% to the…