Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR63.16* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.897* min max min max August 460 699 368 417 September 440 682 343 420 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 30.09.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
DetailsChelyabinsk Zinc Works has put the sixth zinc cake rotary-kiln into operation. According to the company CEO Pavel Izbrecht, the kiln was cold-started in summer. This is the most expensive and the most important investment project of the company for the past 10 years. The putting of the kiln into operation is a part of…
DetailsNorilsk Nickel has decreased its own forecast on non-ferrous and precious metals output in 2016. In particular, nickel output is expected to fall to 195-200 thousand tons from 206-212 thousand tons of the previous forecast. The decrease would be the result of repairs at Talnakh processing factory. In 2015 Nornickel produced 266 thousand tons of…
DetailsIn January-September the state company Demidov saw increase in rolled sections sales by 22% YoY.
Pipe sales went up by 9% YoY in H1 2016 due to the dramatic activation of metal traders following the February-May price increase. (Ukrainian metal)
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR63.16* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.897* Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max min max min max August 383 529 342 384 365 375 September 343 529 318 421 345 365 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 30.09.16…
DetailsZaporizhstal has finished assembling the Mammoet crane with the lifting capacity of 1600 tons. According to the company statement, its height is 143 meters, which almost equals the height of the Pyramid of Khafre in Egypt. The crane would be used in the blast furnace No. 3 overhaul. “The crane will allow us to repair…
DetailsInterpipe has started importing scrap from Russia. “We intend and will buy scrap from Russia. This month we will receive our first batch”, the Interpipe economy and finances director Denis Morozov reported. According to him, Russia sees surplus of scrap of some 3 million tons per year. And the country has already imposed an export…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, DDP, without VAT, $1/RUR63.16* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, DDP, $1/UAH25.897* min max min max August 780 1000 830 930 September 775 995 850 970 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 30.09.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
DetailsIn Q3 NLMK received $385 million of net profits, down by 6% YoY. According to the company statement, its sales increased by 2%, to 4.2 million tons. Its revenues grew by 10%, to $2.25 billion. Investments fell by 29%, to $104 million, but the free cash flow increased by 28%, to $474 million. In January-September…
DetailsAll the Sergey Taruta words on the National Bank of Ukraine and its management are his own position as an individual, and the Industrial Union of Donbass management and shareholders have nothing to do with them. ISD has no dealings in the social and political activities nor is it involved in public correspondence with the…
DetailsIn September Ukrainian companies received 286 thousand tons of scrap, up by 45 thousand tons MoM. Scrap was not exported in July-September due to the absence of the law on the scrap export duty increase to 30 euro per ton. In mid-September the decree came into effect, thus probably triggering the start of exports in…
DetailsIn Q3 Rusal produced 920 thousand tons of aluminum, with sales up by 2.4% QoQ, to 981 thousand tons. The average price of aluminum in Q3 went up by 2.5% QoQ, to $1754 per ton. In January-September Rusal produced 2756 thousand tons of aluminum, up by 1.2% YoY, with sales up by 4.9% YoY, to…
DetailsIn Q3 Nikolaev Alumina Works, a part of Rusal, produced 363 thousand tons of alumina, down by 1.9% QoQ. Alumina output in January-September totaled 1.1 million tons, up by 0.9% YoY. Rusal’s Russian aluminum plants decreased alumina production, while its foreign assets increased. The total alumina output in Q3 reached 1.86 million tons, and 5.58…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR63.16* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.897* min max min max August 34 40 31 36 September 37 44 31 35 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 30.09.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
DetailsEvonik Industries (Germany) has started the overall quality certification of the Zaporozhye Titanium and Magnesium Works products, a part of Group DF. As the result of the certification ZTMK intends to receive the right to sell its products to the German company. In particular ZTMK plans to supply titanium tetrachloride. The parties started negotiations in…
DetailsIn January-September Zaporozhye Aluminum Works, the sole primary aluminum producer in Ukraine, received 527.33 million UAH of losses, down 2.5 times, or by 809.55 million UAH YoY.
According to the company statement, its net income totaled 1 million UAH (no income in January-September 2015).
In Q3 ZALK received 245.74 million UAH of losses. (Ukrainian metal)
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR63.16* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.897* Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports Export, Russia, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max min max min max min max August 445 659 398 413 370 380 360 385 September 424 659 387 454 390 400 380 400…
DetailsBelarus, that has previously blocked duties on ferrosiliomanganese imported from Ukraine to the Eurasian Economic Union, has now agreed to impose a protective measure in exchange for the 20% discount from ChEMK (Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Works). In June the EEC imposed a 5-year duty of 26.35% on Ukrainian ferrosiliomanganese (Ukraine supplied $200 million worth of ferrosiliomanganese…
DetailsIn H1 2016 Ukraine produced 5.5 million tons of bulk coke, up by 27% YoY. This decreased coke imports by 33%, to 535 thousand tons. ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih traditionally imports coke from ArcelorMittal Poland, with 382.5 thousand tons imported in H1. Another major supplier is Russia (268.6 thousand tons). But Russian coke is bought by…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR63.16* Export, Ukraine, $/t, DAP Ukrainian border Export, Russia, $/t, DAP Russian border min max min max min max August 567 796 521 571 472 762 September 567 796 521 571 472 762 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 30.09.16 according to…
DetailsIn September Ukraine exported 2637 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 21.6% MoM, or by 725 thousand tons. “In January-September Ukraine exported 29.9 million tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 4.8 million tons YoY. Exports to Japan, Serbia and Korea grew the most, while exports to China (down by 5.2…
DetailsIn 2017 Severstal plans to decrease steel smelting due to the overhauling campaign at its main asset – the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. “But the negative effect will be limited. Perhaps, it will reach 1-2% YoY”, Severstal financial director Alexei Kulichenko said. Sales will remain on 2016 levels. In January-September Severstal received $1.3 billion…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR63.16* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.897* min max min max August 415 474 343 360 September 375 460 341 386 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Ruble exchange rates are as of 30.09.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
DetailsIn January-September Donetskstal received 2.2 billion UAH of losses, down 1.8 times, or by 1.8 billion UAH YoY. According to the company statement, it has increased net income by 16.5% YoY, or by 1.37 billion UAH, to 9.7 billion UAH. In July-September Donetskstal losses totaled 1.1 billion UAH, with net income up by 20% YoY,…
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