In 2018 steel pipe exports grew by 29.9% YoY, to $737.852 million, while imports – by 50.5%, to $181.471 million. According to the State Fiscal Service, in December 2018 pipe exports dropped by 1.1% YoY, to $56.405 million, while imports increased by 47.4%, to $19.572 million. US were the largest importer of steel pipes in…
DetailsThe project to reconstruct the existing and build new gas-purifying machines in the blast furnace shop of the Mariupol Iron and Steel Works named after Ilyich has entered an active stage. Investments amount to some $20 million, A new line of dry gas-purification of the blast furnace foundry yard will be constructed. And the wet…
DetailsRussian gold production rose by 1.8% YoY in 2018, the Federal State Statistics Service said. In December 2018, gold production decreased by 0.5% YoY and by 2.1% MoM. No absolute figures were disclosed. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
DetailsUkrainian galvanized metal manufacturers have been harmed by the increase in imports from China and Russia. According to Metinvest Holding marketing director Roman Kurashev, unless state authorities take measures, the situation could worsen. “Following the protective measures taken by Europe, US, Canada and Turkey, we expect a considerable increase of imports from China and Russia,…
DetailsIn 2018 Interpipe Steel produced 873 thousand tons of steel, up by 13.8% YoY. In December 2018 the output grew by 15.8% MoM, to 82 thousand tons. In 2017 the company produced 855 thousand tons of steel billets, up by 38%. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn 2018 Tomsk-based Sibcable processed some 17.5 thousand tons of metal, on par with the previous year. In particular, the plant processed almost 15 thousand tons of copper and 2.5 thousand tons of aluminum wire rod, the main raw materials in the cable manufacture. Copper is preferred over aluminum because of its higher thermal and…
DetailsIn 2018 Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works produced 9.9 million tons of converter steel. This year output is expected to further grow due to the modernization of the converter No. 3 in November 2018. In 2019 two more converters will be modernized. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn 2018 UralKuz increased sales by 49% YoY, to 143 thousand tons. This was mostly thanks to the growth of output and railroad axles sales (by 66%). The latter was, in its turn, due to the development of the transport machine-building. UralKuz is the leading Russian manufacturer of hot-stamped products for almost all machine-building spheres.…
DetailsIn 2018 Krivoy Rog Iron Ore Industrial Complex decreased iron ore manufacture by 9.7% YoY, to 4.581 million tons. In December 2018 the company produced 308 thousand tons of iron ore, up from 277 thousand tons in November 2018. In 2017 the enterprise increased iron ore mining by 1.5% YoY, to 5.074 million tons. (Ukrainian…
DetailsIn 2018 TMK increased steel pipes sales by 6% YoY, to 4.01 million tons. Seamless pipes accounted for 2.767 million tons, up by 3%. The sales of welded pipes grew by 11%, to 1.243 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsGold purchases by Russian banks fell by 4.5%, to 195.85 tons in 2018, which accounted for 69% of all produced gold, a source in the Finance Ministry reported on January 22. “Besides, domestic banks signed sales contracts for gold for the same amount, 195.89 tons, in 2016. VTB, Gazprombank, Sberbank and Otkritie Financial Corporation (FC)…
DetailsRussian metals and mining group Mechel has restructured a $1-billion pre-export syndicated loan, the company said in a statement on January 22. “This became possible thanks to a credit line provided by VTB Bank in euros with maturity in April 2022. The grace period for the principal debt is set until April 2020,” the company…
DetailsIn 2018 the Industrial Metallurgical Holding enterprises increased output. Thus, Tulachermet produced 2.34 million tons of pig iron, up by 3% YoY. The company operated two furnaces, which were repaired in July-August 2017 and in August 2018. Coalmining enterprises had a task of decreasing ash content in coal. The Butovskaya mine was able to decrease…
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