According to preliminary data, in the January to February Ukraine increased its steel pipe output by 65.6% YoY to 348,000 tons. This increase was due to the significant growth in output of Metinvest subsidiary Khartsyzsk Pipe Works, which in January to February produced 101,300 tons of steel pipes, up from 19,230 tons produced in the…
DetailsIt is reported that Ukrainian galvanized steel producer Unisteel in 2011 plans to increase its share in the Ukrainian domestic market to 15% and to start exports to Russia, Georgia, Armenia and to Middle Eastern countries, such as Syria and Lebannon.In January to February Unisteel produced 5,300 tons of galvanized steel products, its share in…
DetailsUKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR31.38* min max December 455.70 621.41 January 455.70 621.41 Month Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH 5.33* min max December 766.04 804.88 January 763.60 789.68 * – the US dollar exchange rate has been fixed to avoid exchange rate differences. (Ukrainian Metal) UKRAINE&RUSSIA:…
DetailsIt is reported that in January to February this year the Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal’s finished steel product output increased by 25% YoY to 511,000 tons, while its crude steel production rose by 24% YoY to 612,000 tons.In the first two months of this year Zaporizhstal saw a 13% YoY increase in its pig iron output…
DetailsAccording to preliminary data, in the January to February period of this year Ukraine registered an increase of 13% YoY in its finished steel product output to 4.903 million tons and a 9% rise in its crude steel output to 5.535 million tons.In the first two months of 2011 Ukraine saw a 4% YoY increase…
DetailsThe Ukrainian flat steel producer Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, a part of the steel and rolled products division of the Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest, has estimated that the completion of the construction of its PCI facility for blast furnaces will require a further $100 million plus or minus 30%.In November…
DetailsThe Ukrainian flat steel producer Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, a part of the steel and rolled products division of the Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest, said that in 2010 it reduced its average coke consumption per one metric ton of pig iron production by 3.5% YoY to 502 kilogram with a…
DetailsInterpipe is continuing the construction of its new electric steel smelting complex Interpipe Steel with capacity of 1.32 million tons of steel billets per year. Currently, construction works at the building site are 72% complete.The continuous casting machine 1 and continuous casting machine 2, a ferroalloy warehouse, gas-cleaning and chemical water treatment sets are nearing…
DetailsUkraine’s electric steel smelting plant Electrostal has been forced to temporarily stop production due to high domestic scrap prices, which have increased by 10% since the beginning of February to UAH 3,300 per ton.Electrostal said that the production stoppage might last a week or slightly more, until the big steelmaking companies in the region satisfy…
DetailsAccording to the data, released by the metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in January Ukraine’s imports of rolled steel products increased by 44.4% YoY, but decreased by 19.6% compared to December 2010 amounting to 119,300 tons.In the first month of January one quarter of overall rolled steel imports to Ukraine were accounted…
DetailsZaporozhye Ferro Alloys Plant (ZZF), one of the largest Ukrainian ferroalloy producers, has been forced to close 15 of its 21 furnaces and currently operates at just 30% of its capacities due to the increase in electricity costs.Mr. Pavel Kravchenko, ZZF chairman, said following the decision of Ukraine National Electricity Regulatory Commission to switch the…
DetailsIt is reported that Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works (ALMK) has announced a net loss of UAH 1,013 million in FY 2010 implying the net loss of UAH 261 million in Q4 2010.According to Millennium Capital, “The news is neutral for ALMK. The Q4 2010 loss of UAH 261 million is 1.7 x smaller than…
DetailsAccording to the data issued by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, in 2010 Ukrainian metallurgical sector registered an aggregate loss of UAH 3.84 billion compared to the aggregate loss of UAH 9.578 billion in 2009.In 2010 53.6% of the total number of Ukrainian metallurgical companies posted a combined profit of UAH 4.7 billion while…
DetailsAccording to Mr. Rinat Starkov, CEO of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, the company saw its net profit in 2010 increase to UAH 1.2 billion from a net loss of about UAH 120 million registered in 2009.Mr. Starkov said that the gross profit of the company in 2010 went up by 147% YoY to UAH 4.43 billion.…
DetailsIt is reported that the Ukrainian flat steel producer Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, which merged with Ukraine’s largest mining and steel group Metinvest in July 2010, is planning to significantly increase its output within the priorities set out by Metinvest and is considering a radical modernization of its production facilities.Mr. Vladimir Boyko, GD…
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