It is reported that Donetsk Electrometallurgical Plant (DEMZ) in January to October increased its steel smelting volume by 45% YoY to 626,600 tons.According to the company, since April it has been operating at stable levels, with its steel output amounting to an average of 87,200 tons per month, which corresponds to its designed capacity. In…
DetailsAccording to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in October Ukraine’s average daily pig iron output continued its positive trend, which started in August, registering an increase of about 1%, or 700 tons, compared to September to 75,500 tons. In the first ten days of November the country’s average daily pig iron output increased…
DetailsNRCU cites Mr. Serhiy Bilenky, Deputy Industrial Policy Minister, as saying that Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises may face problems with the export of steel products after 2015 due to a gradual reduction in supplies to Turkey.Mr. Bilenky said “We are currently supplying a significant part of steel products to Turkey. Turkey has been actively developing its…
DetailsIt is reported that Donetskstal Metallurgical Plant increased the open-hearth steel production by 22.2%, or by 8,000 tons, to 44,000 tons in October compared to September. This was reported by the spokesman in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. In October Donetskstal reduced pig iron production by 8.1%, or 9000 tons, to 102,000 tons. Donetskstal reduced…
DetailsIt is reported that in October the Ukrainian steel industry increased its natural gas consumption by 50 million cubic meters MoM – to 456 million cubic meters with its average daily consumption of natural gas during the month totaling 14.7 million cubic meters, up from 13.5 million cubic meters in September.According to the Ukrainian association…
DetailsAccording to preliminary data, in January to October ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, a Ukraine-based subsidiary of the world largest integrated metals and mining company ArcelorMittal, saw its crude steel production increase by 26.8% YoY to 5.1 million tons.During the first ten months of the year ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih produced: 4.453 million tons of finished steel, up…
DetailsIt is reported that in January to September Ukraine’s imports of ferroalloys decreased by 20.7% YoY to 76,070 tons, while its exports went up by 65.4% YoY to 826,270 tons.In September Ukraine’s ferroalloy imports decreased by 46.6% MoM and by 45.4% YoY to 4,700 tons. Specifically, in September Ukraine’s ferrosilicomanganese imports decreased by 53.2% MoM…
DetailsIt is reported that in September Ukraine’s pig iron exports increased by 27% MoM and by 49.5% YoY to 151,820 tons. 31% of Ukraine’s pig iron exports in September were delivered to Turkey and 28% were shipped to the US. The value of Ukraine’s pig iron export sales in September was up by 25.6% MoM…
DetailsIt is reported that in September Ukraine’s ferrous scrap exports were up by 58% MoM and down by 83.4% YoY to 29,220 tonnes. The value of scrap export sales in September was down by 57.4% MoM at $9.14 million. In January to September this year, Ukraine scrap exports decreased by 11.5% YoY to 528,260 tons…
DetailsIt is reported that in the first ten months of the current year, the Ukrainian flat steel producer Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works saw its crude steel production rise by 32.6% YoY to 4.585 million tons.In addition, in January to October Ilyich finished steel product output went up by 28.6% YoY to about 3.2…
DetailsAccording to the information issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, from October 1 to November 1 Russia and other countries utilized 80.35% of the new annual quota, imposed by Ukraine for seamless steel casing and tubing imports with outside diameter up to 406.4 mm, supplying a total of around 12,819 tons. The total quota…
DetailsIt is reported that Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works and Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky (DMKD), the steelmaking subsidiaries of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass, have issued their preliminary production results for the first ten months of the current year.Accordingly, in January to October Alchevsk Iron and Steel…
DetailsIt is reported that in September Ukraine semi-finished steel product exports increased by 29.1% MoM compared to August and by 4.2% YoY to 942,290 tons valued at $453.3 million, up by 29.8% MoM.Ukraine’s main semi-finished steel product export destinations in September were Italy, Lebanon, Turkey, Thailand, South Korea and Egypt.In January to September Ukraine’s semi-finished…
DetailsIt is reported that in October the Ukrainian pipe making industry demonstrated a 9.6% MoM decline rate. The underperformers were Khartszysk Pipe Works, Lugansk Tube Plant and Interpipe Niko-Tube with 25.0%, 13.6% and 36% MoM drop in output respectively.According to a Millennium Capital analyst “The news is neutral for pipes. Unexpectedly, this month Khartszysk Pipe…
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