In 2013 by-product coke plants of Ukraine imported 11.4 million tons of ordinary coking coals and coal concentrate, which almost equaled the imports volumes in 2012. In December 2013 the imports volume of coking coals totaled 1.03 million tons. At the same time Ukrainian coal deliveries to plants in 2013 reached 13.6 million tons (down…
DetailsIn 2013 the Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after Dzerzhinsky, a part of the Industrial Union of Donbass corporation, decreased rolled metal output by 5.7%, to 2.98 million tons, as compared with 2012. In 2013 the works decreased steel output by 7%, to 2.931 million tons, and pig iron by 12.5%, to 2.638 million…
DetailsIn 2013 the Kremenchuk Steel Works decreased its output by 48.4%, to 70.35 thousand tons of casting, as compared with 2012. According to the company, the decrease in casting output was due to the works halt in the early 2013 because of the problems with products certification. The Kremenchuk Steel Works is the leading casting…
DetailsIn 2013 Donetsk Iron and Steel Works increased its pig iron output by 5.3% to 1.38 million tons YoY. Steel was not produced as the open-hearth furnace manufacture was closed in April 2012. The works produced 32.5 thousand tons of rolled metal in comparison to 157 thousand tons in 2012. In December 2013 the works…
DetailsIn 2013 Ukraine mined 24.1 million tons of coal, down by 2.9% (730.4 thousand tons) as compared with 2012.
Coking coal production was 10.7% higher than planned (6766.3 thousand tons to 655.5 thousand tons). (Ukrainian metal)
In 2013 Azovstal Iron and Steel Works increased its rolled metal output by 1%, to 4.2 million tons, as compared with 2012. In 2013 the works decreased its steel output by 2.6%, to 4.5 million tons, and pig iron production by 4.4%, to 3.8 million tons. In December 2013 the company produced 314 thousand tons…
DetailsIn 2013 the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works (MMK Ilyicha), a part of the Metinvest group, decreased its rolled metal output by 3.3%, to 4.2 million tons. In 2013 the works smelted 5 million tons of steel, down by 2.1%, and produced 5.1 million tons of pig iron, up by 12%, both YoY. In…
DetailsIn 2013 Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works (AMK), a part of the Industrial Union of Donbass corporation, increased its rolled metal output by 9.3%, to 3.812 million tons, as compared with 2012. In 2013 the works increased its steel production by 7.9%, to 4.174 million tons, and pig iron manufacture by 7.7%, to 3.792 million…
DetailsAccording to the Zaporizhstal own information, in 2013 the works increased steel smelting by 0.9%, to 3.82 million tons, pig iron output – by 0.8%, to 3.219 million tons, and rolled metal manufacture by 2.4%, to 3.225 million tons, all YoY. In December 2013 rolled metal output increased by 11.9%, to 292.8 thousand tons, steel…
DetailsIn 2013 Ukrainian metal companies increased steel output by 1%, to 32.684 million tons, as compared with 2012. Rolled metal output in 2013 totaled 29.038 million tons, on the level of 2012, while pig iron production went up by 2%, to 29.111 million tons. Pipe manufacture dropped by 20%, to 1.615 million tons, while coke…
DetailsIn 2013 Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works (UGOK) increased concentrate output by 5.3%, to 10.936 million tons, as compared with 2012. Sinter output increased by 19.32%, to 2413.8 thousand tons. In December 2013 the works increased concentrate output by 12.92%, to 996 thousand tons YoY, while sinter production rose by 9.5%, to 236 thousand tons.…
DetailsLiftone Ventures Limited (Cyprus) purchased 49.99% shares (51329829) of the major metal wares manufacturer Stalkanat-Silur, Odessa.
In October 2013 the Antimonopoly Committee permitted both companies to purchase over 25% shares of the works. (Ukrainian metal)
In November 2013 Ukraine exported pig iron worth of $85.53 million, imports amounted to $0.1 million. One of the major importers of pig iron in November 2013 was Italy ($38.19 million). In January-November 2013 Ukraine exported pig iron for $714.94 million, while imports were on the level of $5.19 million. In October 2013 Ukraine exported…
DetailsUkrzaliznychpostach, the State enterprise of railroad transport provision, chose Metinvest-Ukraine, a Metinvest group company specializing in wholesale in Ukraine and CIS (except for Russia), to supply rails and rail fasteners for 1187.123 million UAH. The offer was accepted on December 24th, 2013, the contract is to be concluded by January 23rd. The products are to…
DetailsIn January-November 2013 Zaporizhstal Integrated Iron and Steel Works increased steel output by 0.3%, to 3.486 million tons, pig iron production by 1.6%, to 2.932 million tons, but decreased pig iron output by 0.3%, to 2.935 million tons, all on YoY basis. In November 2013 Zaporizhstal produced 250.6 thousand tons of pig iron, 279 thousand…
DetailsUKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROUND BILLETS Month Ukrainian market, $/t, $1/UAH7.9898* min max October 507.75 569.02 November 491.88 603.55 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.11.13 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal) UKRAINE&RUSSIA:…
DetailsAccording to the State Statistics Committee, coal extraction in November increased by 1.3%, to 5.7 million tons YoY.
In January-November Ukrainian coal extraction decreased by 3%, to 57.6 million tons YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-November Ukrainian metal companies decreased ferrous metals export revenues by 8.1%, to $13096.844 million, YoY. According to the Customs service statistics, ferrous metals accounted for 22.82% of the whole export revenues, up from 22.57% YoY. In November ferrous metals export revenues reached $1201.686 million, while in October they were on the level of $1151.882…
DetailsIn January 2014 Ukrainian metal companies plan to produce 2.32 million tons of rolled metal, up by 3.98% as compared to November 2013. Pig iron output is expected to increased by 7%, to 2.5 million tons, steel output – by 5.8%, to 2.7 million tons. To meet these figures metal companies will need 610 thousand…
DetailsIn 2013 local rolled metal consumption in Ukraine would decrease by 6%, to 7.8 million tons YoY, according to Vladimir Vlasyuk, CEO of the state enterprise “Ukrpromvneshexpertiza” (UPE). He says, decrease in demand is connected to the increase in output fall in the main steel-consuming sectors – construction (by 16%) and machine-building (by 13%). UPE…
DetailsIn January-November Ukrainian ferroalloy companies decreased output by 18.9%, to 784.3 thousand tons, YoY. In particular, silicomanganese output decreased by 17.1%, to 568.7 thousand tons, ferromanganese production fell by 51.2%, to 73.3 thousand tons, metallic manganese output decreased by 50.4%, to 7.2 thousand tons, while ferrosilicon output increased by 15.6%, to 135.1 thousand tons. The…
DetailsIn January-November deliveries of scrap metal to Ukrainian metal companies decreased by 13%, to 3.95 million tons YoY. That corresponds to 88% of the calculated need. In November metal companies bought 416 thousand tons of scrap metal, up by 9.5% to October levels (92% of the calculated need). Stores of scrap metal in November increased…
DetailsIn January-November Ukrainian metal companies increased iron ore raw materials (IORM) imports by 5%, to 2.55 million tons YoY. In November metal works imported 240 thousand tons of IORM, up by 4.3% compared to October. In eleven months metal companies are supplied with 98% of pellets (from the calculated needs), 97% of agglomerate, 100% of…
DetailsIn 9 days of December Ukrainian metal companies decreased average daily output of rolled metal by 7.4%, to 68.9 thousand tons, compared to November. Average daily pir iron output increased by 2.3%, to 79.7 thousand tons, while steel output rose by 0.6%, to 85.6 thousand tons. As of December the 1st, metal companies operated 29…
DetailsIn January-November metal companies of the Dniepropetrovsk region produced 10.5 million tons of steel (106.6% YoY), almost 9 million tons of iron ore (110.4%), 2.2 million tons of sinter (120%), 51.3 million tons of iron ore concentrate (102.4%), 9.1 million tons of rolled metal (102.5%) and 12 million tons of pellets (103.6%). Pipe industry sees…
DetailsIn January-September Ukrainian metallurgical companies decreased capital investments into technical overhaul and modernization by 27.5%, or 783.2 billion UAH, to 3,695 billion UAH YoY. In 2013 companies mostly invested in construction of new objects and the already going reconstruction and modernization of existing capacities. Vital to the sector are the modernization of furnace manufacture and…
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