According to the data for the first seven months of 2010, Ukraine’s exports of steel pipes decreased by 16.9% YoY to 651,910 tons, while its semi-finished steel product exports went up by 1% YoY to about 7.016 million tons.Meanwhile, in January to July the country’s exports of flat rolled steel increased by 15.6% to about…
DetailsIn August the Ukrainian pipe making industry demonstrated a 7.5% growth rate. The growth leader was HRTR, with a 70.6% MoM growth, yet still trailing last year’s January to August performance by 65.0%.Interpipe’s NVTR production declined by 5.6%, while NITR output remained stable. The rest of the industry has shown a 1.3% MoM increase in…
DetailsUkrainian pipe producer Interpipe Corporation (Interpipe) will postpone the commissioning of its new electric steelmaking plant from August 2011 to late 2011 due to delays in equipment supplies.As per report, the construction of the plant, which will be capable of producing 1.32 million tons of round billets and blooms per annum, started in 2007, with…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih said that in August it registered MoM decreases in its outputs due to the shortage of sinter for pig iron production. Products July, t August, t January-August 2010, t January-August 2009, t Pig iron 419,400 404,000 3,487,200 2,865,100 Steel 492,400 462,400 4,018,600 3,256,700 Rolled steel products 416,100 476,200 3,527,800 2,961,600 Mr. Rinat…
DetailsIn August following the three months in a row of decrease, Ukrainian crude steel output showed an improvement, with domestic steelmakers producing 2.6 million tons, up from 2.42 million tons in July and with daily average output increasing 7% MoM to 83,870 tons. August’s improvement was mainly driven by the restoration of production at ISD’s…
DetailsIt is reported that growth of consumption for flat steel in Ukrainian local market was traditionally provided by steel constructions manufacturers and vehicle manufacturers. It is worth to notice realization of renovation program for buses and trolleybuses for Euro-2012 for UAH 996.14 million. Railcar manufacturers also considerably contribute to steel consumption.Experts expect a shortage of…
DetailsAccording to the information issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, as of September 1st Russia and other countries utilized 86.23% of the annual quota imposed by Ukraine for seamless steel casing and tubing imports with outside diameter up to 406.4 mm, supplying a total of about 13,133 tons. In August Ukraine did not import…
DetailsIt is reported that in August the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works became Ukraine’s largest steelmaker surpassing Arcelor Mittal Kriviy Rih with a 16% MoM growth to reach 486,000 tons monthly output. IUD’s Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky (DMKD) production jumped by 39% due to a resumed supply of the…
DetailsAccording to preliminary data, in the first eight months of 2010 the pipe producing subsidiaries of the Interpipe Corporation increased their steel pipe output by 68.4% YoY to 543,500 tons.Specifically, in January to August Interpipe NTRP registered a 55.5% increase in its steel pipe production to 224,300 tons, Interpipe NMPP saw its steel pipe output…
DetailsThe Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers (UkrFa) has noted the continued growth of ferroalloys imports in the domestic Ukrainian market.In July Ukraine imported 7,198 tons of manganese and silicon alloys, in June the country imported 5,818 tons of these products, while in May this figure stood at 3,351 tons.UkrFA noted in its statement that Ukraine’s…
DetailsUkrainian iron ore producer Ferrexpo’s total pellet output fell by 8.7% MoM in August from the month earlier as the company purchase of third-party concentrate dropped 64%.Total pellet production in August of 786,600 tons was lower than in July, but the total for the year to date was up by 16% to 6.5 million tons…
DetailsIt is reported that in July Ukraine’s pig iron exports decreased by 51% compared to June and by 26.3% YoY, to 94,950 tons. The value of Ukrainian pig iron export sales in July was down by 58.3% compared to June decreasing to $41.27 million. In January to July Ukraine’s pig iron exports increased by 11.2%…
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