According to Metallurgprom, Ukrainian iron and steel producers’ association, Ukrainian producers are likely to increase iron and steel production by 6% in 2011 compared to 2010 and finished steel products production is planned to increase by 7%.Forecast of steel companies is even more optimistic – pig iron production – growth by 12%, steel smelting –…
DetailsUkraine boosted production of ferrous metals pipe by 10.7% in 2010 to 1.753 million tons.Ukrtruboprom told that Ukraine produced 184,800 tons of ferrous pipes in December 2010 alone.Ukrtruboprom noted a considerable reduction in pipe production by Khartsyzsk Pipe Works January through August 2010. Yet the production at the plant started growing since the end of…
DetailsZaporizhstal has spent over UAH 980 million on the installation of an aggregate that injects powdered coal into blast furnaces.The company said that the realization of the project planned for 2010-2011 would allow to cut power and technological fuel consumption during cast iron production by over 50 kilograms of conventional fuel or 194,000 tons of…
DetailsAccording to preliminary data, in 2010 Ukraine’s finished steel product output was up by 9% YoY to 29.197 million tons. The country also saw a 9.6% rise in its crude steel output to 32.726 million tons.In 2010 Ukraine saw a 6.5% increase in its pig iron production to 27.354 million tons and a 6.8% growth…
DetailsReuters reported that Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works plans to increase liquid steel output by 5.2% to 5.9 million tons in 2011 from about 5.6 million in 2010.In 2010 Ukraine’s largest mining and metals group Metinvest, owned by the country’s richest man Mr. Rinat Akhmetov, took over the Ilyich mill.The plant increased production from…
DetailsIt is reported that production results of Zaporizhstal steel works in 2010 compared to 2009 are:– pig iron increased by 1% to 2.763 million tons;– steel smelting increased by 5% to 3.449 million tons;– finished steel increased by 3.6% to 2.846 million tons;– sinter is 4.9 million tons.The major companies, where Zaporizhstal has a stake,…
DetailsAccording to preliminary data, in 2010 the pipe producing subsidiaries of Ukraine’s Interpipe Corporation increased their steel pipe output by 53% to 853,300 tons as compared to 2009.Specifically, in 2010, Interpipe NTRP registered a 43.5% increase in its steel pipe production to 357,900 tons, Interpipe NMPP saw its steel pipe output increase by 16% to…
DetailsIt is reported that Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NZF), the largest Ukrainian ferroalloy producer, has announced that in 2010 it produced more than 914,000 tons of manganese ferroalloys, up by 39% YoY, and that in 2011 it plans to decrease its output to 878,000 tons.For the implementation of its development program, in 2010 NZF invested UAH…
DetailsIt is reported that in November 2010 Ukraine’s long steel product exports increased by 1.1% MoM and by 7.3% YoY to 503,720 tons valued at $315.42 million, down by 0.8% MoM.Ukraine’s main long steel export destinations in November were Russia (93,030 tons), Iraq (70,500 tons), Lebanon (42,170 tons), Jordan (24,400 tons) and Iran (24,160 tons).In…
DetailsIt is reported that in 2010 Ukrainian integrated iron and steel mills increased pig iron production by 6.5% compared to 2009 to 27.354 million tons, crude steel by 9.6% to 32.726 million tons, finished steel products by 9% to 29.197 million tons.In December 2010 pig iron production in Ukraine increased by 1% compared to November…
DetailsIt is reported that the Ukrainian steel producer Donetskstal plans to commission its new bar-rolling mini-mill 100 in January.Donetskstal started the preparation works for the launch of the mill in December 2010. The planned production capacity of the mill, which will mainly produce wire rod, will amount to 400,000 tons of steel products per month.…
DetailsAccording to Mr. Vladimir Boyko, Ilyich general director, the Ukrainian flat steel producer Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works expects in 2010 to register an increase in its commercial product output of UAH 11.5-24.1 billion, up by 91.3% YoY.Mr. Boyko said, in 2010 Ilyich would register an increase of 38.4% YoY in its agglomerate output,…
DetailsAccording to the information, issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, in 2010 Ukraine utilized 93.54% of its annual quota for rebars exports to Russia supplying a total of 374,169 tons.As of December 1, 2010, Ukraine’s quota utilization rate for rebar exports to Russia had amounted to 93.53% or 374,108 tons.According to the agreement between…
DetailsIt is reported that in November 2010, Ukraine’s long steel product imports were down by 18% MoM, but up by 67.3% YoY totaling 32,700 tons. Of this volume, 21,940 tons came from Russia, 3,320 tons from Romania, 2,920 tons from Belarus, 1,820 tons from Poland and 770 tons were imported from China.Ukraine’s expenditure on imports…
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