ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih is implementing a major investment program on development valued at $1.2 billion. Among other things the company plans to reconstruct converter shop and build new has-purifying machines. Also AMKR intends to develop its rolling manufacture, switch its MS 250-4 shop to 150 mm square billets and construct a new rod line at…
DetailsEvraz Yuzhkoks has started producing coke of premium quality with 62.4% strength after reaction (CSR). According to the company statement, previously this index was on the level of 50-55%. “This increases the competitiveness advantages of our works and lets us expand sales markets, including foreign ones”, said the company. Strength after reaction is one of…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.2575* min max May 586 731 June 586 783 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.06.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal)
DetailsIn January-June CHTPZ Group pipe companies (Chelyabinsk pipe-rolling and Pervouralsk New Pipe Works) have shipped 865 thousand tons of steel pipes to consumers, down by 19% YoY, or by 206 thousand tons. The decrease is explained by the drop in the large diameter pipes (LDP) demand. This trend is observed at all major Russian manufacturers.…
DetailsMonth Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH24.854* min max May 510 565 June 412 429 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.06.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal)
DetailsBecause of the Ukrzaliznytsia problems with cargo transportation, metal works suffer from raw materials deficiency and lose market opportunities and export revenues. “Weak spots in railroad infrastructure, shortage of locomotives and fuel, ineffective coordination of Ukrzaliznytsia resources cost our country some $1.8 billion of not received foreign currency revenues in metal sector. And that’s almost…
DetailsUkrmetallurgprom forecasts steel output on the level of 2 million tons in September, with pig iron also at 2 million tons and rolled metal at 1.7 million tons. After the drop in June, affected by the railroad strike in Donetsk and Lugansk regions, July saw a certain stabilization of raw materials delivery to metal companies…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.2575* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH24.854* min max min max May 451 2157 565 565 June 458 2157 429 429 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.06.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
DetailsIn 2016 Ural Mining-Metallurgical Company is going to decrease copper cathodes output by 10% YoY. According to the company CEO Andrei Kozitsyn, the targeted amount is 350 thousand tons. He gave two reasons for this: the decrease of copper contents in ore with the same level of output (24-25 million tons per year) and the…
DetailsIn January-July Ukrainian metal companies consumed 7.5 billion kWh of electricity, up by 6% YoY. Electricity consumption in 2015 dropped by 13% YoY, to 12.4 billion kWh. In January-July Ukraine produced 14.49 million tons of steel, 14 million tons of pig iron and 12.68 million tons of rolled metal, all up by 10.5%, 16.3% and…
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