According to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company (UGMK), in the first five months of 2010 Ukraine imports of rolled steel products increased by 122.7% YoY amounting to about 502,900 tons. In May Ukraine increased its imports of rolled steel products by 16.4% compared to April and by 74%…
DetailsIt is reported that Ukraine’s national energy company Naftogaz has started to limit gas supplies to the most indebted domestic steel producers, i. e. to the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works and Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky (DMKD), a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass (ISD),…
DetailsAccording to the data issued by the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in Q1 2010 Ukrainian steelmakers, members of Metallurgprom, invested a total of UAH 620.8 million in the expansion of their production facilities, down by 39.4% YoY compared to Q1 2009. Amount, million UAH Change, % Donetsk region 267.9 -49.1 Mariupol Ilyich Iron…
DetailsIt is reported that the Donetsk Electrometallurgical Plant, the mini-mill previously known as ISTIL, is resuming its investment projects and plans in 2010 to invest UAH 15 million in production upgrades.Accordingly, DEMZ has placed a UAH 3.5 million order with equipment producer Vesuvius for the supply of calibrated nozzle changers, the installation of which will…
DetailsAccording to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in May this year Ukraine’s average daily pig iron output decreased by 4,900 tons compared to April to 77,400 tons as the Ukrainian steel producers cut their outputs due to weak demand and the problems experienced by some local steelmakers in securing iron ore supplies.Metallurgprom said…
DetailsIt is reported that the steelmaking subsidiaries of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass, namely Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works and Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky (DMKD), have sharply decreased their steel outputs in late May to early June.According to Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, when its operations…
DetailsYenakievo Iron and Steel Works, a part of Metinvest Group, in May produced 183,800 tons of cast iron and 217,200 tons of steel. Rolled product shipments comprised 208,800 tons. Product May 2010, th. t April 2010, th. t Change, % Cast iron 183.8 185 -0.6 Steel (smelting) 217.2 216.4 0.4 Rolled product 208.8 208.3 0.2…
DetailsLeading steel pipe and railway wheels maker Interpipe has strengthened its position in the energy market in the Middle East with pre-qualifications from the region’s leading oil and gas companies.In the first half of 2010 Interpipe gained pre-qualification from the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Sultanate of Oman, the Abu Dhabi Company for…
DetailsIt is reported that Ukraine increased production of steel tubes in January to May 2010 by 9% YoY in comparison with the same period of the previous year to 639,000 tons.Tube plants increased output by 6.7% to 542400 tons, steel works increased by 26.5% to 97000 tons.Nizhnedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant increased production of tubes by…
DetailsThe Ukrainian mining and steel producing company Metinvest Holding has announced that it plans to increase its production of high-quality merchant iron ore concentrate with Fe content of over 67% to up to 6.8 million tons through the construction of a second magnetic and flotation metal content upgrading facility at its iron ore subsidiary Ingulets…
DetailsIt is reported that during the third week of May Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works, subsidiary of Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass (ISD), was forced to halt two of its blast furnaces, i. E. BF No 3 and BF No 4 with a total capacity of 144,000 tons of pig iron per month…
DetailsIt is reported that starting from February this year, Ukrainian steel output steadily increased on a MoM basis however in May the country saw its crude steel output decrease by 4.4% MoM to 2.84 million tons.Seven largest Ukrainian steel producers production details:ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih: finished steel output – up by 25.5% YoY to 2.224 million…
DetailsAccording to the information issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, up to June 1st 2010, Ukraine utilized 29.56% of its annual quota for rebar exports to Russia and 97.5% of its yearly quota for cold-rolled steel exports to the same destination, supplying a total of 118,253 tons and 204,745 tons respectively.Accordingly, in May this…
DetailsIt is reported that the iron ore subsidiaries of the Ukrainian mining and steel producing company Metinvest Holding have issued their production results for the first five months of 2010.Central GOKIn January to May this year, Central GOK increased its concentrate output by 43.8% YoY to about 2.492 million tons and saw an insignificant drop…
DetailsAccording to the data issued by the Ukrainian iron ore and steel producer Metinvest Holding, in May this year its subsidiary Khartsyzsk Pipe Works decreased its large diameter pipe output to 23,976 tons from 40,283 tons in April down by 40.5% MoM.In January to May, KhPW produced 95,383 tons of LD pipes down by 63.2%…
DetailsIt is reported that in January to May 2010, the pipe producing subsidiaries of Interpipe Corporation doubled their steel pipe output to 315,800 tons as compared to the same period of last year.Specifically, in January to May this year, Interpipe NTRP registered a 68.8% increase in its pipe production to 132,200 tons, Interpipe NMPP saw…
DetailsReuters quoted the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom as saying that country had reduced raw steel production by 4.5% to 2.840 million tons in May from 2.976 million in April due to a fall in foreign demand.Metalurgprom said the production of pig iron fell to 2.4 million tons in May from 2.470 million in…
DetailsAccording to Mr. Jeant Jouet, CEO of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, at the ceremony of the start of construction of the first caster, the company intends to construct 5 continuous casters. The first continuous caster will be put into operation in September 2011. Total cost of the project will make around $100 million.The project provides construction…
DetailsInterfax-Ukraine news agency reported, citing Mr. Vasily Kharakhulakh, general director of the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, as saying that Ukrainian steel producers were currently facing difficulties in selling their steel products and having problems securing coke and iron ore, which forced them to cut their outputs and might even oblige them to halt…
DetailsYenakievo Iron and Steel Works JSC (EMZ), a part of Metinvest Group, is implementing the project of Application of Capacitor Banks at Ladle Furnace of Converter Shop within the frames of its development strategy which will improve energy efficiency of the plant.Prognosed annual saving from introduction of the capacitor banks will comprise over UAH 36…
DetailsFor the first four months of 2010: a 32.7% YoY increase in pig iron exports to 537,980 tons, a 58.3% YoY growth in scrap exports to 218,000 tons, a 10.5% YoY increase in semi-finished steel product to 3.689 million tons, a 37.9% YoY growth in long products to 2.014 million tons, a 20% YoY increase…
DetailsAccording to the preliminary data issued by the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine, in January to May 2010 country’s finished steel product output was up by 18% YoY to 12.384 million tons and crude steel output was up by 21% YoY to 13.881 million tons.Ukraine January to May production details: pig iron production –…
DetailsAzovstal Iron and Steel Works, a part of Metinvest Group, in May produced 437,400 tons of cast iron and 510,100 tons of steel. Production of rolled steel in May comprised 481,400 tons. In May the plant produced 185,700 tons of bulk coke with 6% of moisture. Azovstal’s key performance indicators Product May 2010, th. t…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, the Ukraine-based subsidiary of the world largest integrated metals and mining company ArcelorMittal, has said that it is keeping its production capacity aligned with market requirements, as the trend for the recovery of the market is uncertain and as it has been experiencing a certain slowdown affecting export orders in the latter…
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