It is reported that in January to February Dneprospetsstal increased rolled steel production in comparison to the related period of the previous year by 40.7% to 38000 tons. In February it produced 19000 tons of finished steel.In 2009 Dneprospetsstal reduced its production in comparison with 2008: crude steel down by 46.2% to 260,000 tons, rolled…
DetailsProduction of other major products at the works in January to February dropped as well, pig iron by 8.6% to 423,000 tons, crude steel down by 11.7% to 492,000 tons, sinter by 11.5% to 737,000 tons.In 2009 in comparison with 2008 the reduction of production at Zaporizhstal was as follows: sinter by 12.2% to 4.759…
DetailsAccording to the data issued by the Ukrainian Association of Metal Traders, in January to February Ukraine steel trading companies increased their steel product purchases by 3.9% YoY to 164,775 tons including 151,363 tons from local mills and 13,412 tons of imports.The main domestic suppliers of steel products to Ukrainian trading companies were ArcelorMittal Kriviy…
DetailsAccording to Mr. Bohdan Danylyshyn, Ukrainian economy minister, the Ukrainian steel industry has emerged from its recession period and entered its recovery phase, as confirmed by the rise in steel product output compared to the same period last year.During the four months from October 2009 to January 2010 inclusive, Ukraine registered increases in its steel…
DetailsAccording to the data issued by the Ukrainian iron ore and steel producer Metinvest Holding, in February this year its subsidiary Khartsyzsk Pipe Works (KhPW) registered a 98% decrease in its large diameter pipe output manufacturing only 353 tons down from 18,877 tons produced in January.In January to February this year KhPW produced 19,230 tons…
DetailsAt present the equipment delivered to the sintering plant is being unloaded. Preparation for capital repair of sintering machine No. 4 is at full speed. 75% of the 400 tons of metal structures and large sized units has been manufactured. The foundry, mechanical and metal structure shops are finishing the fulfillment of the orders and…
DetailsIt is reported that the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine granted non-expiry licenses for ferrous and non-ferrous metal scrap collecting and recycling to 47 companies as stated in the act of Ministry of Industrial Policy dated January 19th 2010.In particular, licenses are granted to Zaporozhvtormet, Poltavavtormet, Vtortsvetmet, Dnepropetrovskvtormet, Sumyvtormet, Vinnitsavtormet, Nikolaevvtormet, Kievvtormet, Volynvtormet, Ukrvtormet.In…
DetailsIt is reported that ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel producer, plans to invest $200 million to modernize and boost efficiency at its Ukrainian steel mill in 2010.Mr. Jean Jouet, CEO for ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, said these plans could be derailed if the company continued to struggle in receiving value added tax refunds from Ukraine cash-strapped…
DetailsAccording to the information issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, up to March 1st 2010, Ukraine utilized 12.48% of its annual quota for rebar exports to Russia and 48.87% of its yearly quota for cold-rolled steel exports to the same destination, supplying a total of 49,901 tons and 102,620 tons respectively. In the last…
DetailsIt is reported that in January to February the pipe producing subsidiaries of the Interpipe Corporation increased their steel pipe output by 2.1 times to 112,700 tons.Specifically, during the first two months of 2010, Interpipe NTRP registered a 46.3% increase in its pipe production to 48,700 tons, Interpipe NMPP saw its pipe output increase 2.5…
DetailsIt is reported that Azovstal, an integrated iron & steel works which is a part of Metinvest holding, has increased production of rolled steel products in January to February by 87.6% YoY to 859,000 tons, crude steel by 83.5% to 923,000 tons, pig iron by 80.6% to 784,000 tons, coke by 11.4% to 322,000 tons.February…
DetailsIt is reported that in February in comparison with January Ukraine has reduced production of pig iron by 10.9% to 2.084 million tons.In general during January to February 2010 compared to the same of 2009 production of pig iron at Ukrainian mills increased by 15.2% to 4.42 million tons.In January 2010 as compared to December…
DetailsIn January Ukraine exports of ferroalloys registered an increase of 10.3% to 97,390 tons compared to December 2009. Meanwhile, compared to January 2009, the country ferroalloy exports went up 5.9 times. Specifically, Ukraine ferrosilicomanganese exports increased by 2.9% to 62,000 tons, its ferromanganese exports went up two times to 14,300 tons while its ferrosilicon exports…
DetailsAccording to the preliminary data issued by the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine, in January to February Ukraine finished steel product output registered an increase of 11% to 4.514 million tons and crude steel output up by 12% to 5.069 million tons.In the first two months of 2010 Ukraine pig iron production saw an…
DetailsIt is reported that the Ukrainian company Unisteel plans in June to start production at its new 100,000 tons annual capacity HDG line at the city of Kriviy Rih in the region of Dnipropetrovsk.In March Unisteel will complete the installation of the line equipment, in April to May training will be carried out for staff…
DetailsLeading steel pipe and railway wheel maker Interpipe has been recognized as an Industry leader for its work in environmental protection in Ukraine. The recognition comes from the Ministry of Environmental Protection in Ukraine which praised Interpipe’s NTRP mill as part of its project on Ecology environment and nature management in Ukraine. Interpipe NTRP mill…
DetailsAccording to the data for January, Ukrainian exports of steel pipes decreased by 4.9% YoY to 60,300 tons while the country semi-finished steel product exports dropped by 7.5% YoY to 838,320 tons.During the first month of 2010, Ukraine exports of long steel increased by 84.5% YoY and by 20.7% MoM to 543,000 tons including 255,200…
DetailsIt is reported that the improving situation in the world steel market and the stabilization of companies’ profits have allowed Ukrainian steelmakers to restart their investments projects, which were initiated before the crisis but postponed in late 2008. Meanwhile, the market situation has forced Ukrainian steelmakers to switch their investment priorities from the increase of…
DetailsInterpipe Nyzhniodniprovsky pipe-rolling plant saw its net losses rise by 3.2 times or UAH 246.68 million in 2009 YoY to UAH 356.69 million.A company report on the holding of a general meeting of its shareholders scheduled for April 13 says that its undistributed profit last year grew by 3.5%, to UAH 1.183 billion.Over the year,…
DetailsMETAL OF UKRAINE & RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON, JANUARY 2010 Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR31.38* Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH 5.33* min max min max December 286.81 323.45 469.04 506.57 January 286.81 323.45 469.04 506.57 Month Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports Export, Russia, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max min max…
DetailsIt is reported that Mechel, one of the leading Russian mining and steel groups, has denied the media rumors that it is in the process of acquiring the Ukrainian steel producer Donetsk Electrometallurgical Plant, the mini-mill previously known as ISTIL.Mr. Alexander Tolkach, director of Mechel’s department of communications, said “We categorically deny this information.”Donetsk Electrometallurgical…
DetailsThe Cyprus-registered holding company Centravis Ltd. announced that in 2009 its Ukrainian seamless stainless steel tube producing subsidiary Centravis Production Ukraine, based in the Nikopol city, saw a 41.08% YoY decrease in its tube production to 9,771 tons. Meanwhile, in 2010 it is planned that the subsidiary will increase its output by 48.4% YoY to…
DetailsAccording to Mr. Jean Jouet, CEO of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, the Ukraine-based subsidiary of the world largest integrated metals and mining company ArcelorMittal, the company plans in 2010 to invest more that $200 million into the implementation of its modernization projects.Mr. Jouet said “After the slowdown in 2009, this year we intend to increase our…
DetailsMr. Sayyid Fahad bin Mahmood Al-Said Omani, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, said at a meeting with Mr. Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine Foreign Minister, that the Sultanate of Oman would not impose restrictive sanctions on Ukrainian steel products.Mr. Proshenko paid an official visit to the Sultanate of Oman on February 21st where he…
DetailsAccording to Mr. Taras Shevchenko, CEO of the Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works, the company has restarted full capacity operations at three of its four blast furnaces. Operations at two of the four BFs were stopped during the global economic crisis due to the shortage of raw materials, while the other two BFs were operating…
DetailsThe Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal has announced that it plans to start the cold testing of its new pulverized coal injection plant in early April this year and to begin testing with raw coal and coal dust in early May.Zaporizhstal has finished the main construction works at the PCI plant and the subcontractors have started the…
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