Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works (Lugansk region) intends to invest 183 million UAH into development. One of the key projects is the construction of a new blast furnace, resulting in the increase of pig iron output and strengthening of the company economical indexes. According to Taras Shevchenko, chairman of the works, salary is expected to…
DetailsIn the first quarter of 2014 ferrous metal exports decreased by 4.5%, to $3.4 billion, while import dropped by 28.7%, to $324.5 million, YoY. Physical volumes remained on the last year level. The major part of export in the first quarter were the semi-finished products – $1.3 billion, down by 2.1% YoY, while flats dominated…
DetailsIn January-April Ukrainian metal companies produced 10.08 million tons of carbon steel, down by 8.8% YoY. At the same time pig iron manufacture decreased by 2.7%, to 9.41 million tons, while rolled metal production dropped by 8.5%, to 8.98 million tons. In 2013 Ukrainian metal companies increased rolled metal output by 0.3%, to 29.03 million…
DetailsIn January-April Zaporizhstal increased pig iron output by 1.3%, steel output – by 1.1% and rolled metal – by 4.1% YoY. In April the works produced 273.4 thousand tons of pig iron, 323 thousand tons of steel and 276.5 thousand tons of rolled metal. In April Zaporizhstal demonstrated an increase in the manufacture of all…
DetailsIn January-March major pipe companies of Ukraine produced 337.1 thousand tons of ferrous metals pipes, down by 15.4% YoY. In March pipe output was on the level of 135.7 thousand tons, up by 17.5% MoM. Khartsyzsk Pipe Works has dramatically decreased its pipe output from 47.5 thousand tons in the first quarter of 2013 to…
DetailsIn March the major Ukrainian ferroalloys manufacturer – Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NZF) – produced 3.3 thousand tons of ferromanganese, down by 34%, or 1.7 thousand tons, MoM. At the same time NZF decreased its silicomanganese output by 0.8%, or 0.3 thousand tons, to 39.2 thousand tons. In January-March NZF produced 11.5 thousand tons of ferromanganese,…
DetailsIn March companies decreased ferroalloys output by 3.1%, or 2.8 thousand tons, to 87.2 thousand tons MoM. According to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers, in January-March companies increased ferroalloys output by 42.2%, or by 77.2 thousand tons, to 260.2 thousand tons, YoY. In February Ukrainian companies increased ferroalloys output by 8.4%, or by 7…
DetailsIn 2014 Donetskkoks plans to decrease coke output by 2.83%, to 356.8 thousand tons, YoY. The works intends to earn 615.74 million UAH (without VAT) selling its 6% moisture coke. Blast furnace coke sales are expected on the level of 314.9 thousand tons. Due to decrease in by-product chemistry products demand, the forecast sales decrease…
DetailsIn March ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih produced 492.2 thousand tons of steel, down by 13.04% or 73.8 thousand tons YoY. Rolled metal output decreased by 9.72%, or 48.9 thousand tons, to 454.4 thousand tons, while pig iron manufacture fell by 11.67%, or 57.3 thousand tons, to 433.7 thousand tons, all YoY. The company explained this decrease…
DetailsAzovstal Iron and Steel Works, a part of the Metinvest group of companies, has received a complex order from an India-based company. Azovstal is to produce 10 thousand tons of X70 strips with increased mechanical properties. The difficulty of the order lies in the non-standard size of the rolled metal. According to the buyer’s order,…
DetailsIn January-March transit of ferrous metals in the Ukrainian railroads network increased by 15%, to 900 thousand tons, YoY. In the first quarter of 2013 ferrous metals transit decreased by 22% YoY, the 2013 to 2012 results showed a fall by 34%, to 2.27 million tons. This year increase is stipulated by the 1.9 times…
DetailsMetallurgprom expects Ukrainian steel output in 2014 on the level of 29 million tons. According to Alexander Zrazhevsky, Metallurgprom CEO, the company forecast was around 30 million tons of steel. But taking results of the first quarter into account, the company has a new figure – 28.6 million tons. He said, Ukraine still remains the…
DetailsIn March pig iron manufacture dropped by 13.7%, or by 302 thousand tons, to 2502 thousand tons, MoM. In January-March pig iron output decreased by 3.3%, or by 238 thousand tons, to 7040 thousand tons, YoY. In February pig iron manufacture totaled 2200 thousand tons, down by 5.9% or 138 thousand tons MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn March Donetsk region increased all its metal output: pig iron manufacture rose by 22.8%, steel production increased by 17.5%, while rolled metal output rose by 26.2%, MoM.In January-March metal companies of the Donetsk region produced 3.1 million tons of pig iron, up by 1.7% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)