Ukrainian steelmaker Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass, has announced that in May it plans to increase its crude steel production by 20-21% compared to April to 400,000 tons and to raise its production of steel products by 21-22% MoM to around 370,000 tons, including…
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In January-April Ukraine’s scrap imports increased 2.8 times YoY to 61,945 tons worth a total of $24.908 million. (SteelGuru)
Mr. Igor Prasolov, minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, said that Donetskstal Iron and Steel Works will receive a soft loan of $320 million for the replacement of the open hearth steel production by electric furnace under the government program to support the development of the internal market. Mr. Prasolov said that “In…
DetailsAccording to statistics, Ukraine exported around 2.023 million tons of steel products in March, up by 4% from February. In March the country imported 112,300 tons of steel products, up by 3.3% from the previous month. In the Q1 of 2013 Ukraine’s exports of steel products amounted to 5.88 million tons, increasing by 8.6% YoY.…
DetailsUkrainian iron and steel holding Metinvest spent $750 million on 99.8% of the Zaporizhstal Group. Metinvest said in its annual report that it bought a further 74.9% of Zaporizhstal Group, which used to be known as Industrial Group, for $512 million last year. Metinvest’s stake in Zaporizhstal Group increased from 24.9% to 99.9% during 2012…
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In January-March of the current year Ukraine’s scrap imports increased by 84.6% YoY to 36,000 tons. (SteelGuru)
Ukrainian president Mr. Viktor Yanukovych during his visit to Zaporizhzhia region said that modernization of the mining and metallurgical complex should proceed in line with European environmental standards to make it possible to solve the environmental problems of the regions where MMC companies operate, and to start launching the relevant environmental programs. Mr. Yanukovych during…
DetailsIn June 2013 Ukraine’s crude steel production is expected to rise by an estimated 1.5% compared to April 2013 to 2.790 million tons. Pig iron output in Ukraine will total 2.530 million tons in June, up by 5.8% compared to April, while Ukrainian production of rolled steel is expected to total 2.55 million tons, up…
DetailsZaporizhstal has successfully adopted the production process of new types of roll formed sections made of stainless steel grade used for building Ukrainian railroad passenger cars and superfast electric trains, under the order forwarded by PJSC Kriukovskiy Coach Building Works (KCBW) to its Hot Rolling Strip Mill Production Shop. Zaporizhstal ships about 2000 tons of…
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In addition, in the given month Zaporizhstal saw a 2.6% YoY growth in its pig iron output to 270,300 tons. (SteelGuru)
In the first 4 months of the current year Ukraine registered a 2.5% increase in its finished steel product output to 9.280 million tons, a 0.6% decrease in its crude steel output to 11.058 million tons and a 0.7% rise in its pig iron production to 9.670 million tons all YoY, according to the data…
DetailsAccording to the company’s preliminary results, Dneprospetsstal’s output of crude steel decreased by 6.1% MoM to 25,976 tons, while its rolled metal production increased by 0.9% MoM to 17,460 tons. In the January-April period Dneprosspetstal saw a 20% YoY decrease in its crude steel output to 99,740 tons, while its production of rolled metal in…
DetailsIn the January-April period of the current year the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 2.088 million tons, up by 2% YoY.In addition, in the first four months of the year ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih saw a 11.1% increase YoY in its finished steel output…
DetailsUkrainian steelmaker Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass, said that it planed to increase crude steel production in the current year by 12.5% compared to 2012, to 3.544 million tons.In addition, in the given year DMKD’s production of pig iron is…
DetailsZaporizhstal Integrated Iron and Steel Works, after a large scale upgrading, put into operation a complex of new equipment sinter machine No.1, high tech gas cleaning system with 2 powerful electrical precipitators, exhauster section and compressed air plant. The ecological effect is at the level of 10% dust and gas emission into atmosphere of total…
DetailsUKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROUND BILLETS UKRAINE&RUSSIA: SQUARE BILLETS UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROLLED WIRE UKRAINE&RUSSIA: SLABS UKRAINE&RUSSIA: REINFORCEMENT STEEL, CLASS A1, A3 UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROUNDS, SQUARES Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR32.1961* min max February 528.01 860.35 March 528.01 860.35 Month Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH7.9898* min max February 637.56 857.34 March 688.50…
DetailsAccording to the data issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, the country’s steel pipe output totaled 167,100 tons in March, jumping by 37.5% from a month ago.
In the first three months of this year the country’s steel pipe production amounted to 397,900 tons, falling by 34.5% YoY. (SteelGuru)
According to the data issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, tn the January-February period of the current year Ukrainian exports of semi-finished steel products increased by 14.8% YoY to 1.854 million tons.Meanwhile, exports of semi-finished steel products from Ukraine increased by 16.8% in February compared to January to 999,070 tons.On the other hand, in January-February…
DetailsAccording to the data issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in the January-February period of 2013 Ukraine registered a 19.2% increase YoY in its flat steel imports, to 126,200 tons.In February alone Ukraine’s flat steel imports increased by 41.6% compared to January, to 73,970 tons.On the other hand, in the first two months of this…
DetailsAs of March 31st, importers of steel pipes to Ukraine used 92.97% of their annual quota for imports of steel seamless casing and tubing with diameters up to 406.4 mm.For the period from October, 1st 2012 to September, 30th 2013, the quota in question is 17,591 tons.Of this figure, the unused quota volume is 1,237…
DetailsIn May 2013 Ukraine’s crude steel production is expected to fall by an estimated 4.2% compared to March to 2.75 million tons.Pig iron output in Ukraine will total 2.520 million tons in May, up by 0.2% compared to March, while Ukrainian production of rolled steel is expected to total 2.5 million tons, down by 2.3%…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, said that in April it planed to ship around 255-260,000 tons of rebar, almost unchanged compared to March, including shipments of 25-30,000 tons of rebar to the domestic market.In the January to March period of the current year ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih shipped around…
DetailsAccording to the data released by the Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, Ukraine’s steel pipe exports totaled 178,830 tons in the first two months of this year, falling by 46.1% YoY. The export values were at $240.57 million.In the given period of time the country’s imports of steel pipes totaled 10,630 tons, falling by 12.8% YoY.…
DetailsInterpipe, a leading steel pipe manufacturing company of Ukraine, has signed a one year agreement with the large pipe distributor in Turkey, Aydin Boru, worth $15 million. The deal will see Aydin Boru as a major distributor of Interpipe’ seamless line pipes in Turkey. As one of the longest standing companies in Turkey, Aydin Boru has…
DetailsUkraine exported 221,360 tons of pig iron in February, up by 59.1% as compared to January.In February the country’s export revenues, generated by pig iron, totaled $77.49 million, jumping by 62.4% month on month.In the first two months of this year Ukraine’s pig iron exports amounted to 360,510 tons, rising by 35.9% year on year.…
DetailsUkrainian steelmaker Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass, has announced that in April this year it plans to increase its crude steel production by 10-11% compared to March to 405-407,000 tons and to raise its production of steel products by 10-12% month on month to…
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