According to the data issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in the first three months of the current year Ukraine registered a 0.3% decrease YoY in its finished steel product output to 7.103 million tons, a 5.5% decrease in its crude steel output to 8.190 million tons and a 0.1% decline in its pig iron…
DetailsInterpipe, one of the leading steel pipe producers in Eastern and Central Europe, plans to close Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsk Pipe open-hearth furnace capacities in Q4 2012 while its output will be fully indemnified with Dneprostal electric furnace steel production.Project capacity for Dneprostal in 2012 is estimated at 700,000 tons of assembled steel, while Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsk Pipe…
DetailsAccording to information from Ukraine Ministry of Economy, importers of steel pipes to Ukraine used 83.75% of their annual quota for imports of steel seamless casing and tubing with diameters up to 406.4 mm.For the period from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012, the quota in question is 16,753 tons. Of this figure, the…
DetailsIn January to February 2012 Ukrainian exports of pig iron increased by 49% YoY to 265,400 tons.In February alone exports of pig iron from Ukraine decreased by 33.5% compared to January to 105,600 tons. In January to February Ukrainian imports of pig iron decreased by 86% YoY. (SteelOrbis)
In the January to February period of 2012 Ukrainian exports of steel products decreased by 7.9% YoY to 3.596 million tons.In February alone Ukraine’s steel product exports decreased by 26.4% compared to January to 1.525 million tons. In the first two months of the current year Ukraine registered a 27.8% increase YoY in its steel…
DetailsIn the first two months of the current year Ukraine’s scrap exports increased by 87% YoY to 89,600 tons.In February alone Ukrainian scrap exports decreased by 56% compared to January to 27,400 tons. In the first two months of the current year Ukraine’s scrap imports decreased by 87% compared to January to February 2011 to…
DetailsIn the January to February period of the current year the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 958,100 tons, up by 7.6% YoY.in the first two months of the year ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih registered a 6.3% increase YoY in its finished steel output to…
DetailsIn April Ukraine’s crude steel production will reach 2.88 million tons, up by 16.9% compared to February.Pig iron output in Ukraine will total 2.460 million tons in April, up by 13.2%, while production of rolled steel in the month is expected to be 2.580 million tons, up by 17.5% compared to February.In the first two…
DetailsAccording to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, in January 2012 Ukraine’s ferrous metal exports decreased by 2% YoY to 2.360 million tons.In the given period Ukraine registered a 4.4% increase YoY in its ferrous metal imports to 167,200 tons. (SteelOrbis)
UKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR32.1961* Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH7.9898* min max min max January 388.25 512.48 513.15 525.67 February 388.25 512.48 513.15 525.67 Month Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports Export, Russia, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max min max January 450.00 455.00 455.00 460.00 February 430.00…
DetailsUkrainian steel output in February declined by 7.7% YoY to 2.46 million tons compared with a year earlier.Mr. Pavel Perkonos, an analyst at the Kiev based researcher, said average daily steel output in the first two months of the year declined by 6.1% YoY.He said that “Ukrainian plants continue to adjust production of steel to…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, Ukraine’s biggest steel producer, raised finished roll production by 10.3% YoY to 856,000 tons in January to February.Crude steel production grew by 8.4% to 969,000 tons, and pig iron rose by 9.9% to 843,000 tons.ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih specializes in long products, in particular rebar and wire rod.Finished roll production fell by 8.7%…
DetailsUkrainian steelmaker Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works, a part of the Industrial Union of Donbass, plans to start upgrading its rolled metal unit.The upgrade, which will cost UAH 1.5 billion, will make possible an increase in rolled metal production to 1.95 million tons a year from 700,000 tons at present. (Bloomberg)
