Interfax Ukraine reported that Mr. Alexander Katunin, the owner of Swiss metal trader Carbofer Group and the former co-owner of Russia’s Evraz Group, together with a group of financial investors and with the participation of Russia’s Vnesheconombank, had purchased a controlling interest in Donetsk-based Industrial Union of Donbas (IUD) Corporation. IUD in a press release…
DetailsThe Ukrainian steel producer Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works the subsidiary of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass, has issued its preliminary results for 2009.Accordingly, in 2009 Alchevsk decreased its crude steel output by 16.4% to about 3.64 million tons, its finished steel production by 15.7% to 3.32 million tons and its pig…
DetailsPoltava GOK, the main iron ore subsidiary of Swiss headquartered Ferrexpo whose main interests are in Ukrainian iron ore assets, has delivered its first trial batch of pellets, totaling 70,000 tons, to Japan.Mr. Victor Lotous, COO of Poltava GOK, said that “We hope to win their market. So far we have shipped the first batch…
DetailsAccording to the data for the first eleven months of 2009, Ukrainian exports of steel pipes decreased by 25.5% to about 1.26 million tons, its semi-finished steel product exports dropped by 8.3% to 10.59 million tons, its exports of flat rolled steel decreased by 27.3% to about 5.56 million tons and its exports of long…
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DetailsIt is reported that ferrous scrap export from Ukraine in comparison to October has fallen by 25.8% to 96,400 tons. Revenue from scrap export decreased by $27.9 million to $24.16 million.In comparison to November 2008 ferrous scrap export in November current year increased 5.5 times.In 2008 Ukraine shortened ferrous scrap export by 6.7% against 2007…
DetailsIn November 2009 Ukrainian exports of scrap decreased by 25.8% MoM to 96400 tons amounting to a value of $24.16 million as compared with November 2008. The country’s scrap exports in November this year increased by 78730 tons, i. e. by 5.5 times. During the first eleven months of 2009, Ukraine increased its scrap exports…
DetailsSteel pipes and railway wheels producer Interpipe became the winner of the first Ukrainian contest of business cases on Corporate Social Responsibility in nomination “Environmental protection”. The authoritative international jury has highly evaluated Interpipe consideration of eco-social norms in realization of investment project of electric arc furnace, Interpipe Steel.Mr. Oleg Kuzmin, Director for Corporate Affairs at…
DetailsOJSC Interpipe Nyzhniodniprovsky pipe rolling plant, producing wheels under the KLW brand, has successfully passed a complex preliminary audit by SNCB, the operator of the Belgian Railways.Apart from SNCB, the audit group consisted of Bombardier Transportation.The main task of the audit was to define the level correspondence of production processes and wheel goods to international…
DetailsAccording to the data issued by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in January to November this year Ukraine consumed about 5.351 million tons of rolled steel products, down 32.5% YoY. During the period in question, the share of imports in the domestic rolled steel product market decreased to 11.5% from 20.1% in…
DetailsInterfax cited Mr. Andriy Fedoseyev, president of the Ukrainian Metal Traders Association, as saying that metal consumption in Ukraine fell 36.3% YoY in January to November to 4.809 million tons and imports plummeted 67% to 577,288 tons.Mr. Fedoseyev said Ukrainian pipe mills bought 1.397 million tons of locally produced and imported roll and feedstock down…
DetailsAccording to Mr. Igor Gutorov, director of Severstal Ukraine, the company plans in January 2010 to open a new steel trading base in Kiev, adding that the move would enable an improvement in the servicing of the company customers in Ukraine.Mr. Gutorov said the sales of the new steel trading base in 2010 had been…
DetailsYenakievo Metallurgical Works, JSC (EMZ), part of Metinvest Group, in November 2009 produced 187100 tons of cast iron and 213200 tons of steel. Output of rolled products comprised 204,100 tons. For January to November 2009 EMZ decreased production of steel and rolled products compared to similar period of the previous year, cast iron production comprised…
DetailsAzovstal Iron and Steel Works, part of Metinvest Group, in November 2009 produced 398,800 tons of cast iron and 456,400 tons of steel. Production of rolled products in November comprised 427,500 tons. In November 2009 the enterprise produced 179,100 tons of bulk coke with 6% of moisture.Production decrease in November 2009 is due to major…
DetailsAccording to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in November Ukrainian steelmakers posted their highest average daily pig iron output since the beginning of 2009, i.e. 76,300 tons. However, during the first week of December this number decreased to 74,200 tons.Average daily pig iron output in the first week of December this year increased…
DetailsAccording to mining enterprises association Ukrrudprom, Ukrainian metallurgical plants increased iron ore raw materials import in January to November 2009 by 33% YoY to 3.602 million tons.In January to November iron ore concentrate import grew 2.8 times to 2.815 million tons, sinter ore import decreased by 53.3% to 563,300 tons, pellets import decreased by 59.4%…
DetailsAccording to Ukrrudprom, the association of Ukrainian mining enterprises, Ukraine raised iron ore exports tentatively 22.9% YoY in January to November to 25.87 million tons.Iron ore concentrate exports soared 90.4% to 12.015 million tons and pellets were up by 7.6% to 8.819 million tons, however sinter ore exports fell by 26.1% to 4.784 million tons.…
DetailsAccording to Mr. Vladimir Boyko, CEO of Ukrainian steel producer Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol, the works has restarted operations at its reconstructed blast furnace No 5 following positive signs of recovery and the increase in order numbers, which have resulted in all the conditions for a stable level of production in 2010.By…
DetailsAccording to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, during January to November 2009 Ukraine imports of steel products registered a decline of 61.1% YoY to about 649,000 tons. Compared with July this year when the country steel product imports reached a peak monthly volume for the year so far,…
DetailsBlast furnace 3 at the Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works (EMZ) in Ukraine will be the first hearth in Ukraine with a GrafTech refractory hearth.The EMZ plant has 3 blast furnaces. 3 is a 9.1 m diameter furnace with 2 tapholes and stave cooled hearth and bosh. The GrafTech lining includes a GradeD carbon block…
DetailsAccording to the data for January to October 2009, Ukrainian exports of steel pipes decreased by 27.5% YoY to 1.16 million tons, semi-finished steel product exports dropped by 10.5% to 9.8 million tons, exports of flat-rolled steel decreased by 32.2% YoY to 4.95 million tons and exports of long steel dropped by 19.8% YoY to…
DetailsThe major Ukrainian steelmakers have released their preliminary production results for the first eleven months of 2009. Accordingly, during the given period Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol reduced its finished steel product output by 31.5% and its pipe production by 60% YoY to about 2.76 million tons and 36,000 tons respectively. Ilyich crude…
DetailsThe Metallurgprom association said Ukraine would likely cut rolled steel output 15.6% this year to 26.684 million tons judging by results for the first 11 months. Pig iron production could fall 18% to 25.484 million tons, crude steel by 21% to 29.515 million tons, pipes by 32% to 1.593 million tons and coke by 12%…
DetailsIt is reported that the Ukrainian Government has extended the effect of the Memorandum on Mutual Understanding with steel and iron ore mining manufacturers through the end of 2010. This document has been approved at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers recently.As per report, this Memorandum was signed by owners of steel and iron…
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