It is reported that steel semis exports in August fell by 382,000 tons MoM to 730,000 tons bringing January to August 2010 performance 0.4% lower than the previous year output. Revenues from sold semis declined even further by 38.9% MoM, signifying lower prices for semi manufactured steel. According to Millennium Capital analyst, “The news is negative…
DetailsAccording to the Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers Association, Ukraine boosted ferroalloy output 73.7% YoY in January to August to 964,900 tons.As per report, silicomanganese production grew by 57.4% to 629,600 tons, ferromanganese – by 210% to 196,200 tons, 45%-ferrosilicon – by 54.8% to 129,600 tons and manganese metal by 2.2% to 9,500 tons.Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant, the…
DetailsAccording to Ukrainian Association of Secondary Metals (UAVtormet), in 2010 Ukraine is expected to increase its scrap exports by 1.9% YoY to 0.9 million tons, adding that in 2011 the country exports may fall if the government cancels the value-added tax on scrap transactions.On September 3rd the Cabinet of Ministers submitted a revised draft of…
DetailsIt is reported that Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky (DMKD), a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steelmaker Industrial Union of Donbass, has begun preparations for the reconstruction of its section rolling shop within the framework of which it will install a new rebar and wire rod mill supplied by the Italian plant…
DetailsIt is reported that Donetskstal Group, the owner of Yasinovka Coke Plant, is negotiating with US Steel for coke supplies. The supplies are to be made to USS steel mills in Serbia and Slovakia with overall coke needs of 1.2 million tons per annum.According to Millennium Capital analyst “The news is Positive for YASK UK.…
DetailsIn January to August Ukraine increased its electric power consumption, including technical losses in networks, by 10.2% YoY to 119.8 billion kWh. Meanwhile, excluding technical losses, the country’s power consumption went up by 11% YoY to 96.8 billion kWh.In the first eight months of this year, Ukraine’s industry increased its power consumption by 14.9% YoY…
DetailsAccording to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, following month on month decreases in the previous three months, in August Ukraine’s average daily pig iron output registered a growth of 8.3% or 5,400 tons compared to July to 70,200 tons.In the first 13 days of September the country’s average daily pig iron output increased…
DetailsMr. Vasily Kharahulah, MD of Ukrainian steelmakers association Metallurgprom (Dniepropetrovsk), says steel companies of Ukraine plan to increase steel smelting by 11.3% in comparison with September program to 3.06 million tons.At the balance meeting with mining and metals industry representatives in Dnepropetrovsk he explained October program assumed increase in pig iron production by 12.8% to…
DetailsAccording to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in the first eight months of 2010 Ukraine’s imports of rolled steel products increased by 93.2% YoY amounting to 892,805 tons. In August Ukraine’s imports of rolled steel products saw a 14.4% increase compared to July and a 97.9% increase compared…
DetailsIn January to August Ukraine increased its exports of steel pipes to Russia by 50% YoY to 350,100 tons, including 176,800 tons of seamless pipes, up by 40%, 92,600 tons of welded large diameter pipes, up 12 times, and 80,700 tons of welded medium and small diameter pipes down by 18.6% all compared to January…
DetailsIn January to August Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal‘s finished steel product output increased by 1.25% to 1.843 million tons, while its crude steel production rose by 2.7% to 2.229 million tons both compared to January to August 2009. In addition, the plant saw a 0.9% YoY growth in its pig iron output to 1.833 million tons…
DetailsAccording to the data for the first seven months of 2010, Ukraine’s exports of steel pipes decreased by 16.9% YoY to 651,910 tons, while its semi-finished steel product exports went up by 1% YoY to about 7.016 million tons.Meanwhile, in January to July the country’s exports of flat rolled steel increased by 15.6% to about…
DetailsIn August the Ukrainian pipe making industry demonstrated a 7.5% growth rate. The growth leader was HRTR, with a 70.6% MoM growth, yet still trailing last year’s January to August performance by 65.0%.Interpipe’s NVTR production declined by 5.6%, while NITR output remained stable. The rest of the industry has shown a 1.3% MoM increase in…
DetailsUkrainian pipe producer Interpipe Corporation (Interpipe) will postpone the commissioning of its new electric steelmaking plant from August 2011 to late 2011 due to delays in equipment supplies.As per report, the construction of the plant, which will be capable of producing 1.32 million tons of round billets and blooms per annum, started in 2007, with…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih said that in August it registered MoM decreases in its outputs due to the shortage of sinter for pig iron production. Products July, t August, t January-August 2010, t January-August 2009, t Pig iron 419,400 404,000 3,487,200 2,865,100 Steel 492,400 462,400 4,018,600 3,256,700 Rolled steel products 416,100 476,200 3,527,800 2,961,600 Mr. Rinat…
DetailsIn August following the three months in a row of decrease, Ukrainian crude steel output showed an improvement, with domestic steelmakers producing 2.6 million tons, up from 2.42 million tons in July and with daily average output increasing 7% MoM to 83,870 tons. August’s improvement was mainly driven by the restoration of production at ISD’s…
DetailsIt is reported that growth of consumption for flat steel in Ukrainian local market was traditionally provided by steel constructions manufacturers and vehicle manufacturers. It is worth to notice realization of renovation program for buses and trolleybuses for Euro-2012 for UAH 996.14 million. Railcar manufacturers also considerably contribute to steel consumption.Experts expect a shortage of…
DetailsAccording to the information issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, as of September 1st Russia and other countries utilized 86.23% of the annual quota imposed by Ukraine for seamless steel casing and tubing imports with outside diameter up to 406.4 mm, supplying a total of about 13,133 tons. In August Ukraine did not import…
DetailsIt is reported that in August the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works became Ukraine’s largest steelmaker surpassing Arcelor Mittal Kriviy Rih with a 16% MoM growth to reach 486,000 tons monthly output. IUD’s Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky (DMKD) production jumped by 39% due to a resumed supply of the…
DetailsAccording to preliminary data, in the first eight months of 2010 the pipe producing subsidiaries of the Interpipe Corporation increased their steel pipe output by 68.4% YoY to 543,500 tons.Specifically, in January to August Interpipe NTRP registered a 55.5% increase in its steel pipe production to 224,300 tons, Interpipe NMPP saw its steel pipe output…
DetailsThe Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers (UkrFa) has noted the continued growth of ferroalloys imports in the domestic Ukrainian market.In July Ukraine imported 7,198 tons of manganese and silicon alloys, in June the country imported 5,818 tons of these products, while in May this figure stood at 3,351 tons.UkrFA noted in its statement that Ukraine’s…
DetailsUkrainian iron ore producer Ferrexpo’s total pellet output fell by 8.7% MoM in August from the month earlier as the company purchase of third-party concentrate dropped 64%.Total pellet production in August of 786,600 tons was lower than in July, but the total for the year to date was up by 16% to 6.5 million tons…
DetailsIt is reported that in July Ukraine’s pig iron exports decreased by 51% compared to June and by 26.3% YoY, to 94,950 tons. The value of Ukrainian pig iron export sales in July was down by 58.3% compared to June decreasing to $41.27 million. In January to July Ukraine’s pig iron exports increased by 11.2%…
DetailsAccording to the preliminary data, in the first eight months of the current year Ukraine’s finished steel product output was up by 9.8% YoY to 19 million tons and its crude steel output was up by 10.8% YoY to 21.363 million tons.In January to August Ukraine saw an 8.7% YoY increase in its pig iron…
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