In January-June, Ismail Seaport decreased export transportation of iron ore by 30.2% YoY, to 1.19 million tons. This is the worst half-year result since 2014. Since then, iron ore transportation has been growing each year. In 2019, exports decreased by 13.9%, to 2 million tons, due to the decrease of demand in Europe. At the…
DetailsIn June, Ukraine increased steel output by 9% YoY, to 1.809 million tons, having retained the 13th place in the ranking of 64 main steel manufacturers, compiled by Worldsteel. China remains the undisputed leader with 91.579 million tons produced, up by 4.5%. In June, all the 64 countries produced 148.295 million tons, down by 7%…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, the biggest mining and metallurgical plant in Ukraine, reports on the results of production in January-June. In particular, the company produced 2.4 million tons of steel, 2.5 million tons of pig iron and 2.2 million tons of rolled metal, all down from 2.6 million tons, 2.6 million tons and 2.3 million tons…
DetailsThe state enterprise Lvivugol has ordered Azovcable LLC the delivery of conveyer belts valued at 47.06 million UAH. This year, the company has to supply 14,600 square meters of conveyer belt produced by the Kursk Factory of Technical Fibers (Russia) at 3,223 UAH per square meter. The price of the agreement is 1% below the…
DetailsThe United States International Trade Commission has decided to prolong for 5 years the antidumping duties on the import of oil and gas pipes from 5 countries, including Ukraine. The commission believes that the cancellation of antidumping duties will result in a dumping of their deliveries and damage to American manufacturers. The duty for Ukraine…
DetailsIn April-June, Verninskoye deposit yielded 2115 kg of refined gold, almost on par with the Q1 results. Dore gold output went up from 2021 kg to 2239 kg, mostly due to the increase in processing. Average gold content in ore was 2.11 g per ton as opposed to 1.99 g in Q1. Processing increased by…
DetailsIn January-June, Sukhaya Balka decreased iron ore output by 4.8% YoY, to 1.3 million tons. In June, the enterprise produced 213 thousand tons. Last year, output grew by 0.3%, to 2.727 million tons. The capacity of the enterprise is 3.1 million tons per year. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January-June, the rolled metal market volume amounted to 2.131 million tons, up from 2.021 million tons in H1 2019. The share of import decreased from 32.7% to 24.9%. Thus, while the market volume increased by 5.5% YoY, the share of import fell by 7.8%. CIS was the largest supplier with the share of 39.2%,…
DetailsAltynalmas has put into operation a gold-extracting factory “Dolinnoye” at the Aktogay site in Karaganda region. The capacity of the factory will be 2.5 million tons of ore per year. With the commissioning of Dolinnoye, Altynalmas processing capacities at Aktogay increase to 5.2 million tons of ore and rock excavation – to 50 million tons.…
DetailsThis year, Ukraine is expected to decrease steel output by 3% YoY, to 20.318 million tons. According to the Ministry of economy, trade and agriculture development, rolled metal output is expected to drop by 0.3%, to 18.155 million tons, while pig iron output will not change, remaining at 20.065 million tons. The forecast was made…
DetailsIn January-June, Interpipe Steel decreased steel output by 17% YoY, to 393.2 thousand tons. In June, the works produced 60.3 thousand tons of steel. In 2019, output totaled 854.5 thousand tons, down by 4.2% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January-June, Ukraine decreased titanium-containing ore and concentrate export by 9.6% YoY, to 284.5 thousand tons valued at $68 million, down by 12%. According to the customs statistics, Mexico was the largest customer accounting for 21.1%, followed by Russia (14.91%) and Egypt (13.96%). In 2019, export grew by 3.6% YoY, to 620.9 thousand tons valued…
DetailsPoltava Mining and Processing Works has commissioned a new technological complex “Section No. 9” of the processing factory. Investments in the project exceeded 3 billion UAH ($100 million). This allowed paying some 400 million UAH to the budget and will bring 300 million UAH each year. The project will enable the company to additionally produce…
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