It is reported that in the end of October beginning of November prices for Russian and Ukrainian billets increased a bit, coming to the level of USD 390 per tonne to USD 400 FOB per tonne in comparison to USD 380 FOB per tonne to USD 390 FOB per tonne in the mid October. This…
DetailsAccording to the information issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, till November 1st 2009 Russia and other countries utilized 76.53% of the new annual quota imposed by Ukraine for seamless casing and tubing imports with outside diameter up to 406.4 mm, supplying a total of 11,655 tonnes. The new quota for the period starting…
DetailsAccording to Mr Vladimir Boyko CEO of Ukrainian steel producer Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol at his meeting with Prime Minister of Ukraine Ms Yulia Tymoshenko in Mariupol, Ilyich has increased its capacity utilization level to 70% in November from 65% in the previous month. Mr Boyko stated that “In October last year…
DetailsAlchevsk Metallurgical Plant has reduced the production of finished metal roll by 6.1%MoM down to 291,000 tonnes. The plant has reduced steel production by 13.8%MoM down to 294,000 tons, iron production by 15.3%MoM down to 249,000 tonnes. The production of agglomerate has been reduced by 5.2%MoM down to 404,000 tonnes. (SteelGuru)
DetailsIt is reported that the Ukrainian iron ore and steel producer Metinvest Holding has announced that in October this year its subsidiary Khartsyzsk Pipe Works manufactured a total of 30,656 tons of large diameter pipes down by 76% MoM.During the month in question, KhPW continued the production of LD pipes with internal and external anticorrosive…
DetailsSteel industry is one of the most power-intensive branches, particularly in terms of natural gas and coke consumption. Both can be substituted for domestically produced coal, namely pulverized coal.In 2009 the facility of pulverized coal injection was brought into operation at blast furnaces No 1 & 5 at Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works in Alchevsk,…
DetailsInterfax-Ukraine reported that Ukraine steel industry reduced finished roll output 23% YoY in January to October to 21.708 million tons.The industry cut roll output 34% YoY in January to July, 30% in January to August and 27% in January to September, so the latest figures indicate that the severe decline in the industry is still…
DetailsThe Ukrainian pipe and railway wheel producer Interpipe Corporation has announced that it has delivered electric welded pipes of 426 mm diameter for the construction of an underwater gas pipeline in the bay of Sevastopol, Ukraine.The overall accumulative length of the pipes used in the gas pipeline construction will reach 5 kilometers. The pipe shipment…
DetailsAccording to Mr. Sergey Grischenko, Deputy Minister of Ukraine, as he announced during the plenary session of Ukrainian part of the inter-governmental Ukrainian-Chinese commission on industrial and trade cooperation, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises in January to August this year supplied 1.7 million tons of rolled steel to China whereas in the same period of last year…
DetailsAccording to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, during January to September 2009 Ukraine imports of steel products registered a decline of 64.4% YoY to 527,900 tons.Accordingly, during the period in question, the biggest decreases YoY in imports in the Ukrainian steel market were registered by shaped sections; imports…
DetailsAccording to the data issued by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in January to September 2009 Ukraine steel market was down by 41.1% YoY to about 4.165 million tons.During the period in question, the share of imports in the domestic market decreased from 20% YoY to 12% YoY amounting to 527,900 tons…
DetailsAccording to Mr. Sergey Grishchenko, Ukrainian deputy minister of industrial policy, Ukraine expects in November this year to maintain its output of crude steel at the October level.Mr. Grishchenko said over the first 23 days of October Ukraine average daily crude steel output reached 90,000 tons. He said that “Thus, we can already say that…
DetailsAccording to the data issued by the Ukrainian Metal Traders Association, in January to September 2009 the country rolled steel consumption was down by 45.4% YoY to approximately 3.695 million tons. Meanwhile, during the period in question, imports of rolled products to Ukraine went down by 70.7% YoY to 463,904 tons.Accordingly, in January to September…
DetailsMr. Boiko, CEO of Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, in an interview with Radio “Liberty” said that the situation in the Ukrainian steel industry will become worse in the next four months. He told that “The reason is an increase in production in the previous few months which has not been supported by a…
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