In July Ukraine produced 6157 thousand tons of iron ore and iron ore concentrate, up by 2.8% MoM, or by 179 thousand tons. In particular, iron ore output increased by 1.2%, or by 13 thousand tons, to 1093 thousand tons, that of iron ore concentrate dropped by 3.7%, or by 192 thousand tons, to 5064…
DetailsZaporizhstal plans to finish the construction of the gas-purifying complex for its sintering machine No. 6 in October. “We have been constructing gas-purifiers for the past two years. By the end of October the construction of the sixth sintering machine gas-purifier will have been completed and the whole sintering shop gas-purifying complex will have been…
DetailsThree new fine-grinding vertical mills Vertimill VTM3000 manufactured by Metso Minerals are under commissioning at Talnakh Concentrator, Polar Division of Nornickel as a part of introduction of new technology for high-grade and cupriferous ores enrichment. The equipment is unique for both Polar Division of the company and Russian operations. VTM3000 will be the first application…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has dismissed Ashokkumar Sitaram Sonthalia from the office of the financial director, chief accountant and appointed Pavel Zadorozhny acting FD instead. According to the company statement, Sontalia resigned. He has been in the office since June 2012. He owns no company shares. Zadorozhny has been appointed for an indefinite time and he…
DetailsThe state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts the ferrous scrap procurement in 2016 on the level of 3.3-3.5 million tons. In H1 Ukraine exported 233 thousand tons of scrap, in H2 after the export is unblocked due to the scrap export duties increase from 10 euro to 30 euro per ton, Ukraine will additionally export some 300-400…
DetailsConstruction of trestle for crane altitude change is in the progress in the main building of the smelting shop of Kola MMC (Nornickel subsidiary) in township of Nickel. The engineering structure is necessary for repair of main hoisting-and-conveying equipment. Three overhead cranes operate in main aisle of the smelting shop. They are responsible for charging…
DetailsIn July Ukraine produced 2059 thousand tons of steel, up by 12.5% MoM, or by 229 thousand tons. In January-July steel output went up by 10.4% YoY, or by 1358 thousand tons, to 14476 thousand tons. In June Ukraine produced 1830 thousand tons of steel, down by 20.7% MoM, or by 477 thousand tons. In…
DetailsMariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has finished repairs of its sintering machine No. 4. According to the company CEO Yuzi Zinchenko the overhaul was completed in 30 days. In 2015 the works received 1.58 billion UAH of losses, having increased its net income by 11% YoY, or by 3.11 billion UAH, to 31.54 billion…
DetailsEnergomashspetsstal plans to supply back-up rolls with the total weight of over 140 tons to the iron and steel works of ArcelorMittal in France and Germany. In particular, Ukrainian rolls will go to АМ Atlantique et Lorraine – Florange and АМ Eisenhuttenstadt. They will be used in two different cold-rolling mills: continuous-casting and temper mill.…
DetailsNLMK Group, an international steel company with operations in Russia, the United States, and the European Union, has signed an additional agreement to its contract with Novatek for the supply of natural gas to the Lipetsk site. Similar additional agreements to contracts for the supply of natural gas to NLMK Group’s other key Russian production…
DetailsAzovstal Iron and Steel Works has put its blast furnace No. 6 into operation after capital repairs valued at 60 million UAH. “The furnace was put on hold for an overhaul on July 25”, said the company CEO Enver Tsikishvili. The repairs lasted for 22 days. In 2015 Azovstal received 1.83 billion UAH of losses,…
DetailsThe state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa believes local ferrous scrap prices will fall in Q4 by 4.76% QoQ, or by 170 UAH per ton, to 3.4 thousand UAH per ton. “In Q3 the average price will total 3570 UAH per ton, and will drop to 3.4 thousand UAH in Q4”, says the enterprise marketing department head Yuri…
DetailsIn July Ukraine produced 69 thousand tons of steel pipes, up by 1.5% MoM, or by 1 thousand tons. In January-June steel pipes output dropped by 5.8% YoY, or by 29 thousand tons, to 467 thousand tons. In June Ukraine produced 68 thousand tons of steel pipes, down by 4.2% MoM, or by 3 thousand…
DetailsRepair of flue gas stack No. 1 and restoring repair of main smelting unit, Vanukov furnace No. 2, commenced at Copper Plant. Activities will last for ten days. According to the production process the repair of flue gas stack (treated off-gas from Vanukov furnaces is discharged through stack No. 1) is associated with repair of…
DetailsIn July Ukraine produced 2075 thousand tons of pig iron, up by 17.6% MoM, or by 310 thousand tons. In January-July pig iron output increased by 16.3% YoY, or by 1965 thousand tons, to 14002 thousand tons. In June Ukraine produced 1765 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 21.4% MoM, or by 481 thousand…
DetailsIn July Zaporozhye Ferro Alloys Plant produced 24.7 thousand tons of ferroalloys, up by 0.8% MoM, or by 0.2 thousand tons. According to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers, in January-July ZZF ferroalloys output dropped by 11.1% YoY, or by 20 thousand tons, to 159.8 thousand tons. In June the works produced 24.5 thousand tons…
DetailsIn January-June Ceramet processed 210.46 thousand tons of scrap valued at 987.91 million UAH. According to a company representative, in Hungary Ceramet processed and sold 121.47 thousand tons of scrap, with 22.94 thousand tons in Poland and 66.05 thousand tons in Ukraine. In H2 the company intends to procure 420 thousand tons of scrap. In…
DetailsEnergomashspetsstal has received an order from Eurohuolinta Oy (Finland) for the delivery of 30 rolls. “The billets will be used to produce electric engines. The products will be fully treated at EMSS. The weigh of the rolls will total 168 tons”, said the company in its statement. The products will be supplied in autumn. In…
DetailsIn July Ukraine produced 1804 thousand tons of rolled metal, up by 17.4% YoY, or by 268 thousand tons. In January-July rolled metal output increased by 10.2% YoY, or by 1173 thousand tons, to 12654 thousand tons. In June rolled metal manufacture dropped by 23.3% MoM, or by 467 thousand tons, to 1536 thousand tons.…
DetailsThe supervisory board of Dniepropetrovsk Metal Structures Works named after Babushkin has appointed Ulyana Semchishin its chairman. According to the company statement, Semchishin has been appointed for 3 years, and previously worked as the director of Ferkon Holding Ltd. The supervisory board has also appointed a new secretary – Margarita Semenova, an ex-director of Rudne…
DetailsIn July Ukraine produced 92.2 thousand tons of ferroalloys, up by 17.3% MoM, or by 13.6 thousand tons. According to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers, in January-June ferroalloys output increased by 5.5% YoY, or by 30.5 thousand tons, to 582.1 thousand tons. In June Ukraine decreased ferroalloys output by 14.9% MoM, or by 13.8…
DetailsYuzhniy Mining and Processing Works has chosen the insurance company Ingroup to insure the life of its employees. According to the company statement, 437 employees will be insured, with 124 being employees of the automobiles park in Zheltye Vody, 88 – Ingul mine, and 75 – of Smolinskaya and Novokonstantinovskaya mines, as well as the…
DetailsUkrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company notes the increase in rolled metal (without tubes) supplies to the local market by 34.8% YoY, to 1.93 million tons, in January-June.
With pipes deliveries totaled 2.15 million tons, added the company.
Metal imports in H1 increased by 58% YoY, to 0.31 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih and Azovstal were among the receivers of the largest VAT reimbursement in July. According to the State Treasury Service, the total VAT reimbursement increased from 111.3 thousand UAH in June to 12.11 billion UAH in July. Among mining and metal companies AMKR received the largest reimbursement – 481.8 million UAH. The company…
DetailsIn January-June Donetskstal received 963.12 million UAH of losses, down by 69.96% YoY, or by 2.243 billion UAH. According to the company statement, its net income went up by 14.15% YoY, or by 775.32 million UAH, to 6.25 billion UAH. In Q2 Donetskstal received 693.03 million UAH of profits, having increased its net income by…
DetailsIn July Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant produced 63.2 thousand tons of silicomanganese, up by 23.9% MoM, or by 12.2 thousand tons. According to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers, ferromanganese output at NZF increased by 28.1%, or by 0.9 thousand tons, to 4.1 thousand tons. In January-July NZF silicomanganese output totaled 397.7 thousand tons, up by…
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