On October 15, Donetsk Iron and Steel Works, situated in the territory of the Russia-supported terrorist organization Donetsk People’s Republic, put its blast furnace No. 1 into operation. The halt of the BF was connected with the overhaul. Repairs at BF2 are underway. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsSince 2013 Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has decreased natural gas consumption by 69 million cubic meters, or by 40%. According to the company CEO Yuri Zinchenko, thanks to the ISO 50001 implementation the works was also able to save 46 million kW-h of electricity, thus saving over 500 million UAH. At present the…
DetailsUkrmetallurgprom believes that in November steel output will total 1.9 million tons, with pig iron production at 1.9 million tons and rolled metal at 1.7 million tons. In September Ukraine produced 1.86 million tons of steel, 1.83 million tons of pig iron and 1.74 million tons of rolled metal. In January-September steel output totaled 18.23…
DetailsIn Q 3 DTEK Energo mined 7.8 million tons of power-generating coal, up by 29% QoQ. The increase allows the company to satisfy the growing needs of thermal power plants in fuel. Coal output also increased by 10.5% YoY. Fuel demand increase in summer made the group review its plans on coalmining. So in H2…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.91* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.489* min max min max July 447 680 350 412 August 447 680 368 417 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.08.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
DetailsNovolipetsk Iron and Steel Works plans to increase sales of rolled metal for construction in 2016 by 20% YoY. “The increase will be reached due to opening new markets”, finance vice-president and section director Grigory Fedorishin said. “In 2015 demand for rolled metal for construction dropped by 17%, and this year we have lost 10-15%…
DetailsIn July-September DTEK Dobropolyeugol mined 633.8 thousand tons of G-grade coal, up by 25% QoQ. The coal has been supplied to Ukrainian thermal power plants. Since the beginning of the year Dobropolyeugol miners yielded 2.1 million tons of coal. In Q3 DTEK mined 7.8 million tons of power-generating coal, up by 29% QoQ. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.91* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.489* Export, Ukraine, $/t, DAP Ukrainian border Export, Russia, $/t, DAP Russian border min max min max min max min max July 488 634 442 442 446 558 430 586 August 488 634 378 433 446 558 407 626 * –…
DetailsIn January-September Severstal produced 8.7 million tons of steel, keeping the last year levels. According to the group statement, pig iron output went up by 1%, to 6.91 million tons. Steel sales dropped by 4%, to 8.2 million tons. In Q3 Severstal produced 2.39 million tons of pig iron, up by 8% QoQ. Steel output…
DetailsA couple of days ago the Novokonstantinovskaya mine (Kirovograd region) yielded 1-millionth ton of uranium ore. The head of the regional council Alexander Chernoivanenko noted the great contribution of the mine to the social-economic development of the region. He believes that both the Ministry of energy and coal industry and regional authorities have to concentrate…
DetailsMonth Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.489* min max July 393 395 August 384 390 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 31.08.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal)
DetailsIn January-September Izhstal (a part of Mechel) produced 282 thousand tons of metal, up by 48% YoY. Sales increased by 51%. Steel and rolled metal output went up by 24% and 33% YoY respectively. In September the works sold 46.2 thousand tons of metal, an absolute record for the last 25 years. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih plans to invest $1.5 billion into development until 2020. “We would go on with our investment activities”, Paramjit Kahlon, the company CEO, explained. For the past 10 years AMKR has been investing some $250 million each year. According to Kahlon, the works operation has a positive impact on the economical situation in…
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