The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is not going to impose quotas on imports of coking coal in the first quarter of 2014 as Ukrainian coke plants and companies have undertaken to buy a considerable proportion of coking coal from local state mines.Ukraine’s government decided to increase quotas on imports of coking coal in 2013…
DetailsUkrainian iron ore and agglomerate producer Uzhniy GOK (UGOK) announced that in November this year its iron ore concentrate production increased by 12.05% year on year to 940,100 tons. Its output of agglomerate in the given month increased by 70.61% year on year to 221,800 tons.In January-November UGOK’s iron ore concentrate production rose by 4.6%…
DetailsIn January-November Ukrainian metal companies increased steel output by 0.6%, to 30,02 million tons, pig iron output – by 1.8%, to 26,637 million tons and decreased rolled metal output by 0.1%, to 26,625 million tons, YoY. In November steel smelting decreased compared to October by 2.5%, to 2.554 million tons, and by 4.9% compared to…
DetailsThe Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has stated that it has signed a contract with Italy’s Termokimik Corporation, a leading producer of environmental equipment for industrial companies, to develop the basic engineering to upgrade the sinter plant at its subsidiary Mariupol Ilyich Iron & Steel Works (MMKI). Total investment in the project will…
DetailsIn November Zaporizhstal’s finished steel product output decreased by 26.5% year on year to 199,100 tons, while its crude steel production declined by 11.6% year on year to 279,000 tons, according to the company’s preliminary results.In the January-November period Zaporizhstal saw a 1.6% year-on-year rise in its finished steel product output to 2.932 million tons,…
DetailsIn the January-November period of the current year Ukrainian companies produced 1.501 million tons of steel pipes, down by 22% compared to the same period last year, according to the figures issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers. In November Ukraine’s steel pipe production decreased by 14.2% compared to October, to 97,000 tons. (SteelOrbis/Ukrainian metal)
In October Ukraine exported $69.89 million worth of pig iron, imports totaled $0.9 million. Italy was one of the main importers of Ukrainian pig iron ($25.43 million). In January-October Ukraine exported pig iron for $629.41 million, while imports totaled $5.09 million. In September Ukraine exported pig iron for $62.01 million and imported for $0.76 million.…
DetailsIn the first 11 months of the current year Ukraine registered a 0.1% decrease in its finished steel product output to 26.625 million tons, a 0.6% increase in its crude steel output to 30.020 million tons and a 1.8% rise in its pig iron production to 26.637 million tons, all year on year, according to…
DetailsIn October Ukraine exported steel pipes for $94.57 million. Imports totaled $17.74 million. One of the main importers of steel pipes in October was Russia ($30.4 million). In January-October Ukraine exported steel pipes for $1409.26 million, while imports reached $155.47 million. In September Ukrainian steel pipes exports totaled $151.7 million, while imports were at the…
DetailsAccording to Dmitrii Lippa, CEO of “Metinvest-SMC”, in January-August Ukrainian rolled metal market capacity decreased by 5%, to 3.198 million tons, YoY.In particular, in the given period angle sales decreased by 19%, to 120,000 tons, as compared to the same period of 2012. Hot-rolled sheet and coil sales decreased by 11%, to 1.315 million tons,…
DetailsAccording to the press-report, in January-October Zaporizhstal Integrated Iron and Steel Works increased pig iron output by 0.1%, to 2.684 million tons, steel – by 1.5, to 3.207 million tons, and rolled metal – by 4.5%, to 2.733 million tons, all YoY.In October Zaporizhstal produced 281,900 tons of pig iron, 333,600 tons of steel and…
DetailsThe Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has announced its results for the first half of 2013. In the given period Metinvest’s net profit amounted to $443 million, rising by 31% compared to the same period of the previous year. The company’s sales decreased by 3% year on year to $6.5 billion, mainly due…
DetailsUkrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has announced that its crude steel production increased by 2% to 3.2 million tons in the third quarter compared to the previous quarter. In the first nine months of the current year Metinvest produced 9.44 million tons of crude steel, down by 1% year on year. In addition,…
DetailsIn October Ukrainian metal companies increased gas consumption by 7.2% (by 16 million cubic meters), to 239 million cubic meters, as compared to September. An average daily consumption of gas in October increased by 0.3 million cubic meters, to 7.7 million cubic meters, as compared to September. In 10 months metal companies have consumed 2.586…
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