According to the data released by the metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in the first four months of 2010 Ukraine’s imports of rolled steel products more than doubled and amounted to around 403,300 tons, up by 139.2% YoY. In April this year, Ukraine increased its imports of rolled steel products by 10.4%…
DetailsIn April 2010 the Severniy Mining and Processing Works, JSC (SevGOK) increased concentrate output volume by 15.8% YoY to 1248,200 tons compared to April 2009. Pellets output volume increased by 80.6% to 919,500 tons. In January to April 2010 concentrate output volume at SevGOK increased by 19% to 4824,700 tons compared to January to April…
DetailsKhartsyzsk Pipe Works, a part of the Metinvest Group, has completed construction of the new line to produce single seam thick-walled large diameter pipes made of 80 grade steel. Total amount of investments made within the framework of the enterprise modernization comprised around UAH 260 million.Final stage of construction in 2010 involved commissioning of the…
DetailsAzovstal Iron and Steel Works, a part of Metinvest Group, in April 2010 produced 410,900 tons of cast iron and 476,700 tons of steel. Output of rolled steel in April comprised 439,700 tons. In April the plant produced 179,000 tons of bulk coke with 6% of moisture. Product April, th. t March, th. t Change,…
DetailsJSC Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works, a part of the Metinvest Group, in April 2010 produced 185,000 tons of cast iron and 216,400 tons of steel. Rolled product shipments comprised 208,300 tons. Product April, th. t March, th. t Change, % Cast iron 185,0 189,1 -3.3 Steel (smelting) 216,4 218,1 -0.8 Rolled product 208,3 210,4…
DetailsAccording 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,…
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