Azovstal 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…
DetailsIn January-June Ceramet invested over 10 million UAH into its development. 85% of the investments fell to the Keramet Hungary Kft. In its Ukrainian assets Ceramet invested around 1.5 million UAH The company plans to invest 750 thousand UAH more into its Hungarian branch by the end of the year, and some 25 million UAH…
DetailsEnergomashspetstal has received an order from the Starokramatorsk Machine-Building Works for the supply of mining and metallurgical equipment. According to the company statement, it will produce gear-shafts, axles, rolls etc. “As per the contract, the equipment is to be shipped in October. The total weight of the products will be 78 tons”, said the statement.…
DetailsArtemovsk Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Works has decided to close down its subsidiary Vtortsvetmet in Donetsk, as it simply can’t operate.
The subsidiary was responsible for leasing and exploitation of its own or leased real estate; fuel, ore, metal and industrial chemicals trade, as well as warehousing. (Ukrainian metal)
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih plans to put its coking battery No. 6 into operation in Q4. According to the company statement, the battery has already been put for drying and warming-up. The coking battery No. 5 is scheduled to be put into operation in 2018. The project capacity of batteries No5 and 6 is 530 thousand…
DetailsThe state-extracting company Ukrgazdobycha has accepted the offer of Interpipe for the delivery of casing pipes with the total weight of 11.35 thousand tons valued at 565.18 million UAH. The pipes will be supplied by 2017. Metall-Impex, Dniepropetrovsk Works of Drilling Equipment, Dniepropetrovsk Tube Works, Nefteservis, Energo-Invest and Business Global also participated in the trade.…
DetailsIn January-July Zaporizhstal produced 2272.3 thousand tons of steel, down by 0.1% YoY, or by 1.5 thousand tons. According to the company statement, pig iron output increased by 0.05% YoY, or by 1 thousand tons, to 2108.9 thousand tons, while that of rolled metal went up by 1.2% YoY, or by 22.7 thousand tons, to…
DetailsIn July Ukraine produced 139.5 thousand tons of manganese concentrate and sinter, down by 3.3% MoM, or by 4.7 thousand tons. According to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers, in January-July manganese output dropped by 31.8% YoY, or by 253.4 thousand tons, to 543.3 thousand tons. In June Ukraine produced 144.2 thousand tons of manganese…
DetailsDniepropetrovsk Metal Structures Works named after Babushkin has dismissed Rustem Asilgareev from the office of the general manager and appointed Helen Tarasenko acting CEO instead. Asilgareev has been in the office for 15 months. Tarasenko has been appointed for an indefinite term. Previously she worked as the financial director of the company. Neither owns company…
DetailsThe state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa (UPE) believes square billet prices (FOB Black Sea) in September will increase by $15-20 per ton MoM, to $335-340 per ton. The company analysts expect the increase in demand on European markets in September, as well as in Turkey and Near East due to the start of the autumn construction period.…
DetailsThe state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa (UPE) believes iron ore raw materials prices in October (Australian Fe 62% ore CFR China) will drop below $50 per ton on the world market. “We’re not yet sure how long it will last – a week, 2 or 3, but the prices will be below $50”, said the company analyst…
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