In September Ukrainian companies received 286 thousand tons of scrap, up by 45 thousand tons MoM. Scrap was not exported in July-September due to the absence of the law on the scrap export duty increase to 30 euro per ton. In mid-September the decree came into effect, thus probably triggering the start of exports in…
DetailsIn Q3 Rusal produced 920 thousand tons of aluminum, with sales up by 2.4% QoQ, to 981 thousand tons. The average price of aluminum in Q3 went up by 2.5% QoQ, to $1754 per ton. In January-September Rusal produced 2756 thousand tons of aluminum, up by 1.2% YoY, with sales up by 4.9% YoY, to…
DetailsIn Q3 Nikolaev Alumina Works, a part of Rusal, produced 363 thousand tons of alumina, down by 1.9% QoQ. Alumina output in January-September totaled 1.1 million tons, up by 0.9% YoY. Rusal’s Russian aluminum plants decreased alumina production, while its foreign assets increased. The total alumina output in Q3 reached 1.86 million tons, and 5.58…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR63.16* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.897* min max min max August 34 40 31 36 September 37 44 31 35 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 30.09.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
DetailsEvonik Industries (Germany) has started the overall quality certification of the Zaporozhye Titanium and Magnesium Works products, a part of Group DF. As the result of the certification ZTMK intends to receive the right to sell its products to the German company. In particular ZTMK plans to supply titanium tetrachloride. The parties started negotiations in…
DetailsIn January-September Zaporozhye Aluminum Works, the sole primary aluminum producer in Ukraine, received 527.33 million UAH of losses, down 2.5 times, or by 809.55 million UAH YoY. According to the company statement, its net income totaled 1 million UAH (no income in January-September 2015). In Q3 ZALK received 245.74 million UAH of losses. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR63.16* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.897* Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports Export, Russia, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max min max min max min max August 445 659 398 413 370 380 360 385 September 424 659 387 454 390 400 380 400…
DetailsBelarus, that has previously blocked duties on ferrosiliomanganese imported from Ukraine to the Eurasian Economic Union, has now agreed to impose a protective measure in exchange for the 20% discount from ChEMK (Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Works). In June the EEC imposed a 5-year duty of 26.35% on Ukrainian ferrosiliomanganese (Ukraine supplied $200 million worth of ferrosiliomanganese…
DetailsIn H1 2016 Ukraine produced 5.5 million tons of bulk coke, up by 27% YoY. This decreased coke imports by 33%, to 535 thousand tons. ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih traditionally imports coke from ArcelorMittal Poland, with 382.5 thousand tons imported in H1. Another major supplier is Russia (268.6 thousand tons). But Russian coke is bought by…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR63.16* Export, Ukraine, $/t, DAP Ukrainian border Export, Russia, $/t, DAP Russian border min max min max min max August 567 796 521 571 472 762 September 567 796 521 571 472 762 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 30.09.16 according to…
DetailsIn September Ukraine exported 2637 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 21.6% MoM, or by 725 thousand tons. “In January-September Ukraine exported 29.9 million tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 4.8 million tons YoY. Exports to Japan, Serbia and Korea grew the most, while exports to China (down by 5.2…
DetailsIn 2017 Severstal plans to decrease steel smelting due to the overhauling campaign at its main asset – the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. “But the negative effect will be limited. Perhaps, it will reach 1-2% YoY”, Severstal financial director Alexei Kulichenko said. Sales will remain on 2016 levels. In January-September Severstal received $1.3 billion…
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