Month Russian market, $/t, DDP, without VAT, $1/RUR64.2575* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, DDP, $1/UAH24.854* min max min max May 635 900 720 1750 June 700 920 760 1750 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.06.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
DetailsIn January-July Ukraine produced 14.49 million tons of carbon steel, up by 10.5% YoY. Pig iron output went up by 16.3%, to 13.99 million tons, while that of rolled metal – by 10.5%, to 12.68 million tons, all YoY. Metallurgical coke production rose by 20.4%, to 7.56 million tons, while that of steel pipes dropped…
DetailsIn January-June Russia produced 29.7 million tons of rolled metal, down by 600 thousand tons YoY. Rolled sections output dropped by 3.8% YoY, to 9 million tons, while hot-rolled sheet manufacture increased by 1.3%, to 13.7 million tons. At the same time cold-rolled sheet output fell by 5.4% YoY, to 9.8 million tons. Billets for…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.2575* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH24.854* min max min max May 445 508 477 477 June 490 557 509 509 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.06.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.2575* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH24.854* min max min max May 432 631 372 565 June 432 659 412 469 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.06.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
DetailsEurasiaNet.org reported on July 28 that the Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO) continued losing money despite production at the aluminum smelter being on the increase. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) reportedly links the losses to falling metal prices on the international market and the rise in cost for inputs. The MoF said that at the end…
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* – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.06.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal)
PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest nickel and palladium producer, announces preliminary consolidated production results for the second quarter and the first half of 2016. Q2 consolidated nickel production amounted to 58 kt decreasing by 9% QoQ. Nickel output from THE Company’s own Russian feed reached 47 kt, down by 9% QoQ. The reduction…
DetailsNovovolynskaya Mine No. 10 will receive 2.5 million UAH to clear salary debts. According to the regional state administration head Vladimir Gunchik, the mine has some 4 million UAH on its accounts, but this money should be spent to buy catch gear, otherwise the State mining service could stop the operation of the mine. Miners…
DetailsIn January-June industrial output in Donetsk region (without the ATO zone) increased by 5.2% YoY, but in June it was down by 9.2% MoM and by 4.7% YoY. Metal industry saw a 6.9% increase, with mining up by 10.2% and coke – by 35.7% YoY. Coal mining in June dropped by 24.7% MoM, with coke…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.2575* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH24.854* Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports Export, Russia, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max min max min max min max May 465 720 438 458 425 470 430 475 June 471 674 439 495 360 390 350 390…
DetailsWithin the framework of complex ecological modernization of the blast furnace manufacture Zaproizhstal has put the blast furnace gas-purifiers working cycle cooling tower into operation after a major overhaul. Investments into new machinery totaled 30 million UAH. The new cooling tower, produced by Yerushalmi Water Cooling Towers Ltd (Israel), will decrease fresh water withdrawal from…
DetailsThe state mines are in a very difficult situation. First of all they can’t prepare mine takes. Second, miners don’t get their wages in time, and the debts continue to increase. Finally, there are issues with labor safety. In 2015 there were 2 fatal accidents, as opposed to 9 in H1 2016. Coal output decreases,…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.2575* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH24.854* min max min max May 49 55 80 84 June 51 58 82 86 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.06.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
DetailsAfter almost a 2-months break Ukraine resumed coal deliveries from the Antiterrorist operation zone via Nikitovka – Mayorsk route. 43 railroad cars brought coal for Ukraine’s thermal power plants. The railroad movement there stopped on June 1. On June 5, the railroad was heavily damaged by shelling. On July 27 railroaders from Ukraine and the…
DetailsKola MMC (Norilsk Nickel affiliate) has completed repair of worn-out sections of the gas duct from metallurgical shop to sulfuring acid production department of refining shop. Total of 15 sections of the gas duct were replaced with the total lengths of 293 m. Pechengastroy, Kola MMC subsidiary, was responsible for replacement of gas duct segments.…
DetailsMonth Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.2575* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH24.854* min max min max May 431 725 510 565 June 431 725 412 429 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.06.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
DetailsIn 2015 Zaporozhye Titanium and Magnesium Works paid 43.1 million UAH of dividends to the state. Last year the company received 112.8 million UAH of net profits. 75% of the profits (84.6 million UAH) were spent to pay dividends, 20% – on the works development and 5% remained in the reserve fund. “Despite the tough…
DetailsThree mines in the Russia-supported terrorists-occupied Gorlovka are operating in life-supporting mode, while another one has been flooded.
For the last two years miners received only 3-months worth of salary. At the same time Artemugol received some Russian money to clear June salary debts. (Ukrainian metal)
Supervisory board of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has appointed Clark David George (a citizen of Australia) its chairman. He is the technical director and strategy head of ArcelorMittal. On July 15, the supervisory board dismissed Davinder Chugh from the office of the chairman, as this month he turned 60 and he could leave the corporation. (Ukrainian…
DetailsThe Federation of Ukrainian Metallurgists has noted the success of the Ministry of economic development and trade policy in protecting local metal manufacturers interests on foreign markets. “We thank the ministry for the help in protection from antidumping investigations in India, Pakistan, EEU, for the work on free trade zones with Turkey and Israel, for…
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* – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.06.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal)
Metinvest has approved of the continuous casting machine reconstruction project of Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. The repair will cost $150 million. This project will make the converter shop of Ilyich work at full capacity. After the construction of the new continuous casting machine Ilyich steel output will increase by 1-1.5 million tons, to…
DetailsThe Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers has asked the Cabinet of Ministers, the President Administration and the National power and housing utilities state regulation committee to return electricity prices to December 2015 (1.23-1.52 UAH per kW-h) and prohibit their increase in 2016-2021. “For the past several months the electricity tariffs for industrial manufacturers have been…
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