As of June 30th, 2013 importers of steel pipes to Ukraine used 95.98% 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 metric tons. Of this figure the unused…
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In January-April exports of pig iron from Ukraine increased by 15.5% compared to the same period of last year, to 649,300 metric tons. (SteelGuru)
In April Ukraine’s exports of steel products increased by 7.9% MoM to 2.183 million metric tons.
In January to April Ukraine exported 8.063 million metric tons of steel products, up by 7.1% YoY.
In April Ukraine registered a 62.4% increase MoM in its steel product imports to 182,500 metric tons. (SteelGuru)
Ukrainian steelmaker Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass, has announced that in the current month of July it plans to increase its crude steel production by 4% compared to June to 380,000 metric tons and to increase its production of steel products by 3% MoM…
DetailsAccording to the Economic Development and Trade Ministry beginning with August 1, 2013 Ukraine will temporarily suspend the quotas on the import of steel seamless casing and compressor pipes of up to 406.4 mm in diameter, irrespective of the country of origin. (SteelGuru)
The Ukrainian Steel Construction Association was registered in June. Its founders were Metinvest Group, leading steel distributors, producers of bearing and fencing steel structures and design organizations.The creation of UkrSCA will contribute to the development of the domestic steel market. The association comprises of 12 companies during the first phase, including producers of roof and…
DetailsInterpipe appointed Mr. Fadi Hraibi as the Commercial and Operating Officer (CCO). This new management position will enhance company’s sales management efficiency.Mr. Hraibi, who has already started at Interpipe, will be responsible for planning and management of company’s commercial activities, development and implementation of marketing strategy and sales channels development.Mr. Alexander Kirichko, GM of Interpipe,…
DetailsMr. Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian President, said that the modernization of Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works would help to improve the environmental situation in the city, as well as allow the company to sell electricity.Mr. Yanukovych at a visiting meeting of the Council of Regions in Luhansk said that the authorities had recently paid considerable attention…
DetailsUKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROUND BILLETS UKRAINE&RUSSIA: SQUARE BILLETS UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROLLED WIRE Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR32.1961* min max April 496.95 782.70 May 506.27 782.70 Month Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH7.9898* min max April 673.23 724.30 May 673.23 724.30 Month Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max…
DetailsIn the January-May period of the current year the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 2.587 million tons, up by 1.5% YoY.In addition, in the first five months of the year ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih saw a 11.4% increase YoY in its finished steel output…
DetailsAzovstal Iron and Steel Works, a subsidiary of Ukraine’s largest vertically integrated mining and steel group Metinvest, announced that in June it plans to keep its shipments of flat steel products at the May level – around 100,000 tons.In the January-May period of the current year Azovstal shipped 395,000 tons of hot-rolled steel products, down…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, Ukraine’s biggest steel producer, raised finished roll production by 11.9% YoY in January-May to 2.417 million tons.Crude steel production grew by 1.8% to 2.595 million tons and pig iron was up by 0.9% to 2.249 million tons.The company produced 464,000 tons of roll, 504,000 tons of crude steel and 432,000 tons of…
DetailsAccording to the data issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in the first five months of the current year Ukraine registered a 1% increase in its finished steel product output to 11.482 million tons, a 1.6% decrease in its crude steel output to 13.815 million tons and a 0.1% decline in its pig iron production…
DetailsAccording to the data released by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, Ukrainian companies’ steel pipe output totaled 713,600 tons in the first five months of this year, decreasing by 26.1% compared to the figures in the same period of a year ago. In May the country’s steel pipe output totaled 144,900 tons, falling by 14.7% from…
DetailsUkrainian steel pipe and wheel producer Interpipe announced that on June 6th the 1 millionth metric ton of steel was melted at its new innovative electric furnace based steelmaking complex Interpipe Steel.The 1 millionth metric ton was melted just 15 months after the launch of the facility and 5 months after the melting of the…
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 Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR32.1961* min max March 573.05 874.33 April 560.66 874.33 Month Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH7.9898* min max March 657.96 740.57 April 657.96 806.03 Month Export,…
DetailsIn March 2013 Ukraine’s exports of steel products increased by 4% MoM to 2.023 million tons. In January-March Ukraine exported 5.880 million tons of steel products, up by 8.6% YoY. In March Ukraine registered a 3.3% increase MoM in its steel product imports to 112,300 tons. In the January-March period Ukrainian imports of steel products…
DetailsUkrainian 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…
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