According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in January to April this year Ukrainian steelmakers registered a growth of 20% YoY in their average daily pig iron output to 78,700 tons.In April this year, Ukraine average daily pig iron output amounted to 82,300 tons. Meanwhile, the average daily pig iron output in the…
DetailsIt is reported that the iron ore producer Krivoy Rog Iron Ore Industrial Complex (KZhRK) plans in 2010 to increase its iron ore output by 68.5% YoY, or 2.5 million tons, to 6.3 million tons.According to preliminary data, in 2010 the plant intends to invest UAH 303.516 million in its development, of which UAH 57.6…
DetailsIt is reported that in January to April the pipe producing subsidiaries of the Interpipe Corporation increased their steel pipe output by 2.03 times to 244,700 tons.Specifically, in January to April Interpipe NTRP registered a 67.6% YoY increase in its pipe production to 103,900 tons, Interpipe NMPP saw its pipe output increase by 78.3% YoY…
DetailsAccording to the data issued by the Ukrainian iron ore and steel producer Metinvest Holding, in April this year its subsidiary Khartsyzsk Pipe Works increased its large diameter pipe output to 40,238 tons from 11,894 tons in March registering a growth of 238.7% MoM.In January to April KhPW produced 71,407 tons of LD pipes down…
DetailsDonetsk Electrometallurgical Plant (DEMZ) has announced that in April this year it has increased its steel smelting volume by 6.4 times compared to March to 61,000 tons which is also 2.5 times higher compared to the same period last year.Accordingly, in April this year DEMZ exceeded its original production target for the month in question…
DetailsAccording to the information issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, as of May 1st Russia and other countries utilized 85.45% of the annual quota imposed by Ukraine for seamless casing and tubing imports with outside diameter up to 406.4 mm, supplying a total of 13,014 tons. In April Ukraine imports of seamless casing and…
DetailsInterfax reported that Ukraine-based Poltava GOK, the core asset of the London listed Ferrexpo plc, boosted commercial pellet production from internal and purchased feedstock by 20.3% YoY in January to April to 3.16 million tons as demand for the commodity soared. Ferrexpo said Poltava GOK produced 1.628 million tons of pellets with Fe content of…
DetailsIt is reported that in late April this year one of Ukraine’s most modern enterprises for the production of galvanized steel in coils and polymer coated steel, Metals and Polymers, was inaugurated in the town of Alchevsk.The plant was built in less than two years with an investment of UAH 400 million with Alfa Bank,…
DetailsAccording to the preliminary data issued by the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine, in January to April 2010 Ukraine registered an increase of 18% YoY in its finished steel product output to 9.839 million tons and a 20.9% rise in its crude steel output to 11.038 million tons.In the first four months of 2010,…
DetailsUKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROUND BILLETS METAL OF UKRAINE & RUSSIA: SQUARE BILLETS, MARCH 2010 Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR31.38* Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH 5.33* min max min max February 402.42 602.29 519.28** 599.06** March 402.42 602.29 519.28 599.06 Month Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports Export,…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has announced that during the first four months of this year it has increased its crude steel output by 39.1% YoY to 2.038 million tons. Product April 2010, t April 2009, t Change, % Pig iron 477,300 348,900 36.8 Steel 566,900 388,800 45.8 Rolled products 477,000 371,000 28.6 Product January-April, 2010 January-April…
DetailsSummarizing the results of the first three months of 2010 all Ukrainian IUD enterprises, namely Alchevsk Coking Plant, Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works and Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works have passed the certification according to two international standards: ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18000.The third IUD works to have passed the certification is Alchevsk Iron and…
DetailsIt is reported that Ukrainian steelmaker Azovstal, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian iron ore and steel producing company Metinvest, plans in 2010 to increase its finished steel output by 29% to 5.532 million tons compared to 2009.In addition, in 2010 Azovstal also plans to raise its crude steel production by 20.5% YoY to 5.591 million…
DetailsIt is reported that the Ukrainian steel group Donetskstal plans by the end of the current year to complete the construction of the new 350,000 tons capacity coke oven battery at its coke producing subsidiary Makeevkoks. The total investments in the construction amount to about $30 million. (SteelOrbis)
It is reported that in April Ukrainian mining and steel producing company Metinvest Holding doubled on YoY basis its iron ore materials prices for domestic consumers.Mr. Alexander Ryzhenkov, chairman of the board of the Ukrainian steelmaker Donetskstal, said that starting from April it had receives pellets from Metinvest iron ore subsidiary Severniy GOK at the…
DetailsDneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steelmaker Industrial Union of Donbass, plans by 2020 to increase its crude steel output to 7 million tons, up 2.03 times compared to 2009.By 2020 DMKD also aims to raise its pig iron production 2.04 times to 6.5 million tons, its…
DetailsAccording to the data for the first quarter of 2010, Ukrainian exports of steel pipes decreased by 22.7% YoY to 239,190 tons and its semi-finished steel product exports dropped by 10.9% YoY to about 2.623 million tons.In January to March this year the country’s exports of flat rolled steel increased by 8.3% YoY to 1.543…
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