According to preliminary results, in January the Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal finished steel product output increased by 28% YoY to 273,000 tons while its crude steel production rose by 27% YoY to 326,00 tons.In the first month of this year Zaporizhstal saw a 16.3% YoY increase in its pig iron output to 257,000 tons and a…
DetailsAccording to preliminary data, in January the pipe producing subsidiaries of Ukraine Interpipe Corporation (Interpipe) increased their steel pipe output by 24.3% to 67,500 tons as compared to January 2010.Specifically, in the first month of this year Interpipe NTRP registered a 28.2% increase in its steel pipe production to 33,200 tons, Interpipe Niko Tube saw…
DetailsIt is reported that in 2010 Ukraine’s pig iron exports increased by 7.3% YoY to 1.48 million tons valued at $590.45 million.In December 2010 Ukraine’s pig iron exports went up by 55.3% MoM and by 45.6% YoY reaching 166,110 tons. 62,740 tons of Ukraine’s pig iron exports in December 2010 were delivered to Turkey, 54,300…
DetailsAccording to the information issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, from October 1 2010 to February 1 2011, Russia and other countries utilized 85.3% of the annual quota imposed by Ukraine for seamless steel casing and tubing imports with outside diameter up to 406.4 mm, supplying a total of around 13,608 tons. According to…
DetailsUkraine’s largest steel mill, owned by ArcelorMittal, cut crude steel production to 450,000 tons last month from 534,000 in January 2010.ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih reduced pig iron output by 16% to 389,000 tons and cut rolled steel production by 9.5% to 406,000 tons. In 2010 the mill boosted steel production to 6.13 million tons from 5.04 million…
DetailsIt is reported that in 2010 Ukraine’s semi-finished steel product exports saw a slight decrease of 0.8% YoY amounting to 11.404 million tons valued at about $5.426 billion, while its imports of semi-finished steel products increased by 91% YoY to 472,580 tons valued at $285 million.In December 2010 Ukraine’s semi-finished steel product exports decreased by…
DetailsIt is reported that AzovElectroStal, a Ukrainian steel maker affiliated with Azovmash, increased output by 2.4 times YoY in 2010. Company also plans further expansion in 2011.According to a Millennium Capital analyst, “We consider the news as positive for Mariupol Heavy Machinery controlled by Azovmash. Earlier the latter announced plans to increase output of freight…
DetailsAccording to the data, issued by Ukraine’s State Statistics Committee, in 2010 the country metallurgical companies increased their product sales by 45.3% YoY to about UAH 189.442 billion.As per report, in 2010 the share of metallurgical companies in Ukraine’s total sale of industrial products amounted to 21.3%. In 2009 Ukraine’s metallurgical companies saw a 31%…
DetailsIt is reported that Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steelmaker Industrial Union of Donbass, has started preparations for the commissioning of its new seven-stranded continuous billet caster No 3, which is expected to be started up by the end of the first quarter of this year.The…
DetailsIt is reported that Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works plans to increase monthly crude steel production by 18-26% MoM in January implying crude steel output of 295,000-315,000 tons. The high value added hot-rolled plate output is to increase by 38% MoM to 85,000 tons in January.According to a Millennium Capital analyst, “The news is positive…
DetailsReuters reported that Ukraine No 1 steel mill, owned by ArcelorMittal, raised crude steel production in 2010 to 6.13 million tons from 5.04 million tons in 2009.Rolled steel production rose to 5.41 million tons last year from 4.50 million, while pig iron output rose to 5.32 million from 4.42 million a year earlier.Ukrainian industry officials…
DetailsIt is reported that Dneprospetsstal, which is specializing in production of stainless steel and other specific alloyed steel grades, increased steel smelting by 48.7% and finished steel production by 51.3% in comparison with 2009.In December 2010 it produced 35409 tons of steel and shipped 22549 tons of finished steel products valued at $50 million. (Rusmet) Much…
DetailsIt is reported that Ukrainian tube and pipe manufacturers reduced steel tubes and pipes export in 2010 by 6.7% YoY to 1.286 million tons.Seamless steel tubes export grew however by 50.6% to 635,400 tons, while welded pipes dropped by 31.9% to 650,900 tons. Import of steel tubes and pipes to Ukraine increased in 2010 by…
DetailsUkrainian Journal reported that Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises were concerned about a shortage of empty freight wagons, which they said could lead to problems with the shipment of products or cause an increase in the cost of transportation.A Dneprospetsstal representative at a meeting of representatives of the mining and smelting complex of Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk said…
DetailsThe Industrial Policy Ministry announced that Ukraine boosted ferrous metal exports not including pipes by 42% in 2010 valued at $14.606 billion.Metal product imports rose by 71.5% to $1.914 billion, pipe exports edged down from $1.399 billion in 2009 to $1.352 billion in 2010, revenue from welded pipe exports fell to $589.2 million from $908.6…
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