Azovstal Iron and Steel Works plans to close outdated, energy inefficient open-hearth furnaces in May.Steel production capacity will decrease by 1.3-5.5 MT per year, with two converters left. Additionally, Azovstal gained approval at the end of April to produce rails from converter steel from its biggest rails customer, Ukrzaliznytsia.Until recently OHF steel was used. Azovstal…
DetailsIn April Ukraine’s crude steel output totaled 2.995 million tons, 3% or 94,000 tons lower as compared to March.In the January to April period Ukrainian crude steel production reached 11.631 million tons, marking an increase of 5.8% YoY. (SteelOrbis)
Ukraine’s largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih reduced output of crude steel by 10.2% YoY to 1.83 million tons in January through April down from 2.04 million tons produced a year ago.AMKR also reduced output of rolled steel by 9.8% YoY to 1.6 million tons, while production of pig iron dropped by 12.1% YoY to 1.57…
DetailsUkrainian steelmaker Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works is planning to complete a program of technical re-equipment. The main purpose of this program is to significant increase the production volume.In particular, annual agglomerate production is to be increased to 16 million tons, pig iron output will be expanded to 7 million tons and crude steel…
DetailsAs of May 1, importers of steel pipes to Ukraine used 86.47% of their annual quota for imports of steel seamless casing and tubing with diameters up to 406.4 mm.For the period from October 1st 2010 to September 30th 2011 the quota in question is 15,955 tons.Of this figure, the unused quota volume is 2,159…
DetailsAccording to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in June Ukraine’s crude steel production will increase by 2.5% compared to April to 3.07 million tons.According to Metallurgprom’s forecast, pig iron output in Ukraine will reach 2.5 million tons in June, while production of rolled steel will rise to 2.73 million tons.In April Ukraine’s crude…
DetailsFor April this year Ukrainian metallurgical company Dneprospetsstal Electrometallurgical Works (DSS) has posted a 5.6% MoM drop in its electrical steel production to 34,000 tons, which is up by 9.7% compared to April 2010. The company’s output of finished steel went down by 15.4% compared to March declining to 22,000 tons.In January to April of…
DetailsUkrainian steelmaker Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works plans to decrease slab shipments in May by 20% compared to April to 200,000-205,000 tons.This reduction in semi-finished steel shipments is caused by rising demand for hot-rolled flat steel. In April the company decreased shipments of slabs by 8% compared to March to 255,000 tons.In May Alchevsk plans…
DetailsIn the January and April period of the current year crude steel production of the Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal increased by 18% YoY reaching 1.255 million tons.In the given period Zaporizhstal saw a 6% increase in its pig iron production to 960,000 tons and an 18% increase in its finished steel production to 1.041 million tons.…
DetailsIn the January to April period of the current year the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 1.838 million tons, down by 10% YoY. In addition, in the first 4 months of the year ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih registered a 12% decrease YoY in its finished…
DetailsIn the January to April period of the current year the steelmaking subsidiaries of Metinvest, Ukraine’s largest vertically integrated mining and steel group, saw an 8% increase in their crude steel production to 4.938 million tons, a 13% rise in their finished steel production to 4.359 million tons and a 5% increase in their pig…
DetailsIn the January to April period the steelmaking subsidiaries of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass (ISD) produced a total of 2.244 million tons of pig iron, up by 8% compared to the same period of last year.In addition, the subsidiaries’ crude steel output in the given period increased by 2% compared to…
DetailsIn the Q1 of the current year Ukrainian imports of long products increased by 22.5% compared to the corresponding period of 2010, rising to 87,990 tons. In March alone Ukraine’s long product imports rose by 48.4% compared to February to 37,870 tons, while marking an increase of 39.4% YoY.In the first 3 months of 2011…
DetailsUkrainian pipe producer Khartsyzsk Pipe Works announced that in January to April this year it produced 210,000 tons of steel pipes, 194% more than in the same period of 2010. Meanwhile, KhPW’s production of steel pipes in April decreased by 1% compared to March, dropping to 54,100 tons. (SteelOrbis)
Metinvest is launching BOF steel rails production at Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. The manufacturing procedure for the rails production has been approved by Azovstal’s strategic partner Ukrzaliznytsya.Metinvest experts together with the State Research and Development Center of Ukraine have developed and evaluated the manufacturing practice for BOF steel rails and all delivery trials have…
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