According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in September Ukraine’s average daily pig iron output continued its positive trend which started in August registering an increase of 6.55% MoM or 4,600 tons, to 74,800 tons.In the first 11 days of October the country’s average daily pig iron output increased further to 78,100 tons.According…
DetailsIt is reported that in September the Ukrainian steel industry increased its natural gas consumption by 20 million cubic meters month on month to 404 million cubic meters, with the average daily consumption of natural gas during the month totaling 13.5 million cubic meters was up from 12.4 million cubic meters in September 2009.According to…
DetailsIt is reported that In January to September Ukraine increased its exports of steel pipes to Russia by 55% YoY to 413,900 tons including 204,900 tons of seamless pipes, up by 41% YoY, 116,800 tons of welded large diameter pipes, up by 13.6 times, and 92,200 tons of welded medium and small diameter pipes, down…
DetailsMr. Alexander Kirichko, general director of the Ukrainian steel pipe and railway wheel producer Interpipe, has presented the company’s new electric steel smelting complex, Interpipe Steel.The Interpipe Steel project was presented during a meeting of the Regional Committee on Economic Reforms that was held in Dnepropetrovsk on 12 October. Interpipe Steel remains the largest investment…
DetailsUkrainian flat steel producer Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has said that, following its September output decrease mainly caused by the accident at its power plant, in October this year it plans to produce 414,000 tons of pig iron, up by 12.5% MoM, and 500,000 tons of crude steel, up by 9% MoM.In addition,…
DetailsIn September Ukrainian crude steel output continued to show improvement, with domestic steelmakers producing 2.742 million tons, up by 5.5% compared to August and with the average daily output increasing by 9% MoM to 91,340 tons. September improvement was mainly driven by the ISD subsidiary Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky (DMKD),…
DetailsAccording to preliminary data, in the first nine months of 2010 the pipe producing subsidiaries of Ukraine’s Interpipe Corporation increased their steel pipe output by 62% YoY to 627,100 tons as compared to the same period of last year.Specifically, in January to September Interpipe NTRP registered a 49.7% increase in its steel pipe production to…
DetailsAccording to the data, issued by the Ukrainian iron ore and steel producer Metinvest Holding, in September its subsidiary Khartsyzsk Pipe Works (KhPW) saw its large diameter pipe output increase to 38,500 tons from 25,300 tons in August, registering a 52.2% MoM.In the first nine months of this year, KhPW produced 182,600 tons of LD…
DetailsIt is reported that in September the Ukrainian pipe making industry demonstrated a 12.7% growth rate. For the third month in a row, KhPW is demonstrating double digit pipe output growth, this time with a 52.2% MoM growth, nevertheless trailing last year January to September performance by 59.7% YoY.Interpipe NVTR production has doubled decline rate…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has said that in September this it had managed to stabilize its production process and to solve problems regarding the operation of its sinter plant. Mr. Rinat Starkov, CEO of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, said “The main steps to restore the operation of equipment have been implemented, and the process must be fully…
DetailsUkrainian ferroalloy plants have asked the US Department of Commerce to revise the 163% antidumping duty on import of ferromanganese silicon from Ukraine.According to a report of the UkrFA, Ukrainian association of ferroalloy producers, and other electrometallurgical products, along with the association, Nikopol, Stakhanov and Zaporozhye ferroalloy plants signed the address. (Ukrainian Journal)Much more about…
DetailsInterpipe Niko Tube successfully passed the planned supervision audit of the Environmental Management System functioning at the enterprise and its accordance to the ISO 14001-2004 standard demands.During the course of the audit independent experts of the Bureau Veritas Certification Ukraine, LLC learned the documentation that regulate the activity of enterprise in ecological sphere and checked…
DetailsIt is reported that in the first nine months of the current year the Ukrainian flat steel producer Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works saw its crude steel production rise by 30.3% YoY to about 4.05 million tons as compared to the same period last year.In addition, in January to September Ilyich finished steel product…
DetailsUkrainian Journal quoted Mr. Ian Christmas, director general of the World Steel Association, saying the Ukrainian metals and mining sector had serious problems due to its excessive metal exporting, reaching 75% of output.He said that “The largest steel producers in the CIS are Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. There is a large difference with what is…
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