In January Ferrexpo plc (UK), controlling Poltava and Yeristov Mining Processing Complexes (PGOK and EGOK), increased iron ore concentrate output by 10.9%, to 1.197 million tons, as compared with January 2013. That marks the maximum result since August 1983 when the company entered the business and PGOK produced 1.188 million tons. In January PGOK produced…
DetailsIn January Ukrainian refractory material producers decreased their output by 23%, to 19 thousand tons, as compared with January 2013. According to Liliya Shumyachkova, CEO of the Ukrogneupor association, the main reason for the decrease was the absence of orders from mining-metallurgical companies. Some metal companies haven’t even placed orders for 2014. In January metal…
DetailsIn the first 10 days of February the average daily pig iron output was on the level of 75.3 thousand tons, that of steel – 79.7 thousand tons, and of rolled metal – 66.5 thousand tons. That roughly equals the level of the beginning of January, but much lower that the results of both January…
DetailsIn 2013 Ukrainian production of iron ore raw materials increased by 4.8%, to 81.2 million tons, up by 5 million tons YoY. All product categories witnessed the rise: ore – by 715 thousand tons, or 5.3%, concentrate – by 635 thousand tons, or 1.6%, pellets – by 1989 thousand tons, or 9.1%, and sinter –…
DetailsUkrainian pig iron and ferroalloys export in 2013 went up by 1.1%, to $1.7 billion. Pig iron export constituted $823 million, while ferroalloys export was on the level of $906 million. At the same time Ukraine imported $6 million worth of pig iron and $318 million worth of ferroalloys. Ukraine traded with 8 countries. The…
DetailsIn March metal output is forecast to increase by 8.5-11.5% to that of the February level. In particular, pig iron output would reach 2600 thousand tons (on average 83.9 thousand tons daily), up by 11.5% compared with February. Steel smelting would be 2700 thousand tons (87.1 thousand tons a day), up by 8.5% to the…
DetailsIn 2013 Ukraine decreased its ferrous metal exports by 6.4%, to $14.32 billion, as compared with 2012. Ferrous metals export share reached 22.6% in the total export volume. Metal wares exports decreased by 8.7%, to $2.59 billion, and totalled 4.1% in the total export volumes. In December 2013 ferrous metals exports reached $1.223 billion, while…
DetailsIn 2013 Ukraine’s exports of steel half-products totalled $5295.44 million, while imports reached $73.75 million. In December 2013 Ukraine exported steel half-products for $513.04 million and imported for $3.74 million. The main importers of Ukrainian steel half-products in December 2013 were Egypt ($98.87 million) and Turkey ($98.37 million). In November 2013 Ukraine exported steel half-products…
DetailsIn January Ukrainian metal companies decreased their steel output by 12%, to 2.5 million tons, as compared with January 2013. Rolled metal manufacture decreased by 8%, to 2.3 million tons, while pig iron production dropped by 6%, to 2.34 million tons. Coke output in January decreased by 2%, to 1.49 million tons, as compared with…
DetailsIn January Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, a part of the Metinvest group, decreased its rolled metal output by 18.6%, to 306 thousand tons, as compared with 2013. The works dropped its steel smelting by 11.3%, to 346 thousand tons, and its pig iron manufacture by 11.7%, to 298 thousand tons. In December 2013 Azovstal…
DetailsIn January Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works reached an increase in its output: pig iron manufacture rose by 1.7%, that of steel – by 2.3%, while rolled metal production increased by 3.9%. In January the works produced 283.8 thousand tons of pig iron, 336.6 thousand tons of steel and 293.4 thousand tons of rolled metal.…
DetailsIn January electrometallurgical works Dneprospetsstal (Zaporozhye) increased its steel smelting by 7.4%, to 24 thousand tons, as compared with 22.4 thousand tons in January 2013. According to a company representative, the works decreased its rolled metal output by 23.7%, to 10.6 thousand tons (13.8 thousand tons in January 2013). In February the works plans to…
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