Ukrainian steel pipe and wheel producer Interpipe has announced that it plans to produce 70,000 tons of round billets in October, up by 27% compared to September, at its new electric furnace steelmaking complex Dniprostal.The annual capacity of new complex is 1.32 million tons of pipe billets with diameters of 150 mm to 290 mm…
DetailsAzovstal, an integrated iron and steel works and a subsidiary of Metinvest, finished 9 month 2012 with a net loss of UAH 1.9 billion, which is 10.8 times higher than in the same period of previous year.Revenue for this period decreased by 27%, to UAH 24.8 billion. Pre tax loss surged by 10.4% YoY to…
DetailsMetinvest Holding LLC, a vertically integrated metals and mining company, has announced its plans to stop two coking batteries at the Azovstal steel plant after the start-up and adjustment of the pulverised coal injection system has been successfully completed. The batteries will be finally shut down at the end of October 2012. (Phoenix-capital.ua)
ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, has announced that in October it plans to reduce shipments of rebar by 10-15% compared to September to 235-245,000 tons.
In the January to September period ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih shipped around 1.9million tons of rebar, up by 9% YoY. (SteelOrbis)
UKRAINE&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 August 565.29 782.70 September 574.60 860.35 Month Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH7.9898* min max August 694.89 857.34 September 689.88…
DetailsIn November Ukraine’s crude steel production will increase by 0.7% compared to September to 2.6 million tons.Pig iron output in Ukraine will total 2.35 million tons in November, up by 3.3% compared to September, while Ukrainian production of rolled steel is expected to be 2.34 million tons, up by 2.1% compared to September.In October Ukrainian…
DetailsIn the January to September period of the current year the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totalled 4.777 million tons, up by 16.6% year on year.In addition, in the first nine months of the year ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih registered a 13% increase year on…
DetailsAzovstal Iron and Steel Works, a subsidiary of Metinvest, decreased production of finished steel by 21.9% YoY to 3.2 million tons during 9 months of 2012.Steel output declined by 18.8% YoY to 3.5 million tons, production of crude iron reduced by 18.5% YoY to 3.0 million tons, while agglomerate output increased by 0.7% YoY to…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, Ukraine’s biggest steel producer, raised finished roll production by 11.7% YoY to 4.032 million tons in January to September.Crude steel production grew by 15.9% to 4.764 million tons and pig iron was up by 19.1% to 4.171 million tons. The plant produced 451,000 tons of roll, 552,000 tons of crude steel and…
DetailsAccording to the data, issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in the first 9 months of the current year Ukraine registered a 3.5% decrease in its finished steel product output to 20.411 million tons, a 5.6% decrease in its crude steel output to 24.592 million tons and a 0.75% decline in its pig iron production…
DetailsAccording to the data, issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in August Ukraine’s steel pipe exports increased by 29.8% compared to July to 112,110 tons worth a total of $137.41 million. In the January to August period Ukrainian exports of steel pipes decreased by 4.3% compared to the same period of 2011 to 1.095 million…
DetailsAccording to the data, issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in the January to August period of the current year Ukraine registered a 24.8% increase year on year in its flat steel imports to 568,370 tons. In August alone Ukraine’s flat steel imports decreased by 6.8% compared to July to 100,750 tons.On the other hand,…
DetailsAccording to the data, issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in the January to August period of the current year Ukraine registered a 6% increase YoY in its long steel product imports to 278,880 tons.In August alone Ukraine’s long steel product imports decreased by 3.5% MoM to 34,860 tons.In the January to August period Ukrainian…
DetailsInterpipe, one of the leading steel pipes producers in Eastern and Central Europe, put into operation the Interpipe Steel electric steel making complex at Dniepropetrovsk with installed capacity of 1.32 million tons.Interpipe Steel is the largest single private investment since Ukraine became independent. The mill combines innovative steel melting technologies from one of the top…
DetailsUkrainian steelmaker Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass, has announced that in October this year its plans to increase its production of rolled steel products by 13% MoM to the level of 310,000 tons and aims to increase its production of crude steel by around…
DetailsZaporizhstal invested around UAH 3 million in modernization and reconstruction of the scrap yard. The enterprise has purchased two new modern mobile reloaderes of German company Terex Fuchs for upgrading of scrap loading and processing efficiency.The program of systematic modernization and reconstruction of capacities is realized at the works on permanent basis, the production equipment…
DetailsIn the January to August period of the current year Ukraine’s exports of steel products decreased by 5.3% compared to the same period of last year to 15.384 million tons. In August Ukraine’s steel product exports increased by 5.5% compared to July to 1.877 million tons.In the first 8 months of the current year, Ukraine…
DetailsIn the first 8 months of the current year Ukraine’s scrap exports decreased by 25% YoY to 360,400 tons. In August Ukraine’s scrap exports declined by 83.2% compared to July to 6,400 tons.
In the first 8 months of the current year Ukraine’s scrap imports decreased by 35.1% YoY to 59,400 tons. (SteelOrbis)
In January to August Ukrainian exports of pig iron increased by 7.9% YoY to 1.167 million tons.
In August exports of pig iron from Ukraine decreased by 0.7% compared to July to 144,960 tons. In January to August Ukrainian imports of pig iron decreased by 42.4% YoY to 21,300 toms. (SteelOrbis)
UKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRONUKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRONUKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROUND BILLETSUKRAINE&RUSSIA: SQUARE BILLETSUKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROLLED WIREUKRAINE&RUSSIA: SLABS UKRAINE&RUSSIA: REINFORCEMENT STEEL, CLASS A1, A3 Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR32.1961* min max July 565.29 827.74 August 565.29 827.74 Month Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH7.9898* min max July 640.82 783.00 August 620.79 783.00 Month Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea…
DetailsIt is reported that in the January to August period of the current year the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 4.2 million tons, up by 16.4% YoY.In the first eight months of the year ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih registered a 12.5% increase YoY in…
DetailsIn the January to July period of the current year Ukraine’s imports of rolled steel products increased by 17.9% YoY to 1.023 million tons including tube products.
In July Ukraine’s rolled steel product imports increased by 12.9% MoM to 145,100 tons. (SteelOrbis)
Ukrainian crude steel production fell by 5% YoY in January to August to 22.01 million tons.Mr. Vasily Kharakhulakh, general director of the Metallurgprom association, said roll production fell by 7% to 19.681 million tons and pig iron output was flat at 19.083 million tons.He said he thought Ukraine would produce roughly as much steel as…
DetailsIn August 2012 performance indices of Zaporizhstal improved as compared with July 2012. Volume gain in production of iron, steel and roll stock had been caused mainly by introduction of organizational and technological arrangements. The average daily hot metal production in August increased to 8,830 tons from 8,750 tons in the previous 7 months of 2012.Coke…
DetailsOn September 5th, 2012 the EU ruled to reduce the anti-dumping duties on seamless pipes, manufactured at Interpipe mills. As such, duties on imports of Interpipe seamless pipes to EU countries decreased to 13.8%.The legislation review by the European Commission and the European Court has been running since 2006. In 2011 Interpipe filed a request…
DetailsMariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, one of Ukrainian largest steel producers, reported about the completion of repairs on the plate rolling shop 3000.
A complete plate rolling shop overhaul took 15 days and was completed on September 10. The previous repair took place in November 2011. (Phoenix capital)