According to the preliminary data issued by the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine, in January to April 2010 Ukraine registered an increase of 18% YoY in its finished steel product output to 9.839 million tons and a 20.9% rise in its crude steel output to 11.038 million tons.In the first four months of 2010,…
DetailsUKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROUND BILLETS METAL OF UKRAINE & RUSSIA: SQUARE BILLETS, MARCH 2010 Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR31.38* Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH 5.33* min max min max February 402.42 602.29 519.28** 599.06** March 402.42 602.29 519.28 599.06 Month Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports Export,…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has announced that during the first four months of this year it has increased its crude steel output by 39.1% YoY to 2.038 million tons. Product April 2010, t April 2009, t Change, % Pig iron 477,300 348,900 36.8 Steel 566,900 388,800 45.8 Rolled products 477,000 371,000 28.6 Product January-April, 2010 January-April…
DetailsSummarizing the results of the first three months of 2010 all Ukrainian IUD enterprises, namely Alchevsk Coking Plant, Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works and Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works have passed the certification according to two international standards: ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18000.The third IUD works to have passed the certification is Alchevsk Iron and…
DetailsIt is reported that Ukrainian steelmaker Azovstal, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian iron ore and steel producing company Metinvest, plans in 2010 to increase its finished steel output by 29% to 5.532 million tons compared to 2009.In addition, in 2010 Azovstal also plans to raise its crude steel production by 20.5% YoY to 5.591 million…
DetailsIt is reported that the Ukrainian steel group Donetskstal plans by the end of the current year to complete the construction of the new 350,000 tons capacity coke oven battery at its coke producing subsidiary Makeevkoks. The total investments in the construction amount to about $30 million. (SteelOrbis)
It is reported that in April Ukrainian mining and steel producing company Metinvest Holding doubled on YoY basis its iron ore materials prices for domestic consumers.Mr. Alexander Ryzhenkov, chairman of the board of the Ukrainian steelmaker Donetskstal, said that starting from April it had receives pellets from Metinvest iron ore subsidiary Severniy GOK at the…
DetailsDneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steelmaker Industrial Union of Donbass, plans by 2020 to increase its crude steel output to 7 million tons, up 2.03 times compared to 2009.By 2020 DMKD also aims to raise its pig iron production 2.04 times to 6.5 million tons, its…
DetailsAccording to the data for the first quarter of 2010, Ukrainian exports of steel pipes decreased by 22.7% YoY to 239,190 tons and its semi-finished steel product exports dropped by 10.9% YoY to about 2.623 million tons.In January to March this year the country’s exports of flat rolled steel increased by 8.3% YoY to 1.543…
DetailsRIA Novosti cited Mr. Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia, as saying that the Russian government would allow the import of 260,000 tons of steel pipes annually from Ukraine duty free. Mr. Putin said “Today we’ll make a decision which has long been expected by Ukrainian pipe producers. As the government of Ukraine requested, we’ll…
DetailsIUD Corporation and Litat Group Company have signed a contract to supply steel to the Middle East countries in the amount of 4.8 million tons within 2010. The agreement provides for the preliminary financing of production on the orders of Litat Group Company. IUD Corporation has been collaborating with Litat Group in the field of…
DetailsAccording to the World Steel Association data, Ukraine has secured eighth position among the largest countries-world steel producers in March having produced 2.995 million tons of metal.Ukraine in February attained the eighth place among the largest countries-world steel producers having produced 2.565 million tons of metal. In total, the world steel production this March against…
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