UKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR32.1961* min max July 496.95 590.13 August 496.95 590.13 Month Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH7.9898* min max July 563.22 588.25 August 563.22 588.25 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 31.08.13 according to the National Bank of…
DetailsIn October Ukraine’s crude steel production is expected to decrease by 4.8% compared to August to 2.670 million tons. In October pig iron output in Ukraine will total 2.480 million tons, down by 0.9% compared to the August results, while Ukrainian production of rolled steel is expected to total 2.45 million tons, down by 0.1%…
DetailsIn the January-August period this year Ukraine’s ferroalloy production decreased by 23% compared to the same period last year to 551,000 tons. In the given period Ukraine’s silicomanganese output decreased by 15.8% to 405,250 tons, while its ferromanganese production declined by 54.7% to 55,700 tons, both year on year. Specifically, in the first eight months…
DetailsIn the January-August period of this year Ukraine’s exports of iron ore increased by 7% year on year to 25.3 million tons. Meanwhile, exports of iron ore from Ukraine increased by 4.7% in August compared to July, rising to 3 million tons. In the January-August period Ukrainian imports of iron ore increased by 22% year…
DetailsIn the first eight months of the current year the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 4.2302 million tons, up by 0.4% year on year, as announced by the company. In addition, in the first eight months of the year ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih saw…
DetailsIn August the growth of all performance figures was noted at Zaporizhstal Integrated Iron and Steel Works – iron output volume grew by 3.1%, steel – by 6.1% and roll stock – by 12.2%. In August the works produced 278.5 thousand tons of iron, 339 thousand tons of steel and 296 thousand tons of roll…
DetailsUKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROUND BILLETS Month Ukrainian market, $/t, $1/UAH7.9898* min max June 539.36 648.63 July 514.49 614.08 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 31.07.13 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (Ukrainian Metal)…
DetailsAccording to the data issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in the first eight months of the current year Ukraine registered a 0.4% decrease in its finished steel product output to 19.596 million tons, a 0.7% increase in its crude steel output to 22.156 million tons and a 1.9% rise in its pig iron production…
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The beginning of August marked an eventful period at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, as the Ukrainian plant not only celebrated its 79th anniversary, but also 2 successful years of continuous casting. The continuous casting department and facilities started operating in 2011, to fulfill the obligations undertaken as part of Kryvyi Rih’s sales and purchase agreement signed…
DetailsMetinvest, the largest Ukrainian mining and metal holding company, has reported that controls by Russian customs on its steel products supplied to the Russian market have increased from August 13th, 2013. Extra weighing is now carried out by Russian customs on all incoming steel, whereas previously only certain incoming consignments were selected and examined. Extra…
DetailsUkrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal, a part of the Ukrainian mining and steel group Metinvest, has stated that it has suspended its supplies to Russia due to recent problems experienced at Russian customs. Russia’s Customs Service has tightened controls on Ukrainian goods since August 14th, blocking the supply of products to the Russian market. Zaporizhstal supplies about…
DetailsIn the first seven months of the current year the crude steel production at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 3.6678 million metric tons, up by 0.22% YoY. ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih saw a 8.2% increase YoY in its finished steel output to 3.3533 million metric tons, while its…
DetailsIn September Ukraine’s crude steel production is expected to decrease by 5.1% compared to July to 2.670 million metric tons. In September pig iron output in Ukraine will total 2.490 million metric tons, up by 0.7% compared to the July results, while Ukrainian production of rolled steel is expected to total 2.4 million metric tons,…
DetailsMr. Rostyslav Shurma, director general of Zaporizhstal, said that Metinvest, an international vertically integrated mining and metal group of companies, could merge Zaporizhstal and Zaporizhkoks, one of the largest producers of coke-chemical goods in Ukraine, in the long term.Mr. Shurma said that the merger of the two companies was logical, as they operated at one…
DetailsMr. Rostislav Shurma, general director of Zaporizhstal Group, said that Zaporizhstal Group, part of the Ukrainian iron and steel holding Metinvest, posted a net profit of UAH 200 million in the first half of 2013, compared with a net loss of about UAH 500 million in the same period last year.Mr. Shurma said that “The…
DetailsAccording to the data issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in the first seven months of the current year Ukraine registered a 1% decrease in its finished steel product output to 17.147 million metric tons, a 0.2% decrease in its crude steel output to 19.350 million metric tons and a 0.9% rise in its pig…
DetailsUkrainian pipe group Interpipe plans to organize production of pipes with ultra premium thread connections meeting CAL IV standards for use in the most demanding oil and gas production projects.Pipes will be delivered to Shell for use in its projects in Ukraine.Interpipe said that during the discussion of specific measures pursuant to its memorandum of…
DetailsIn May this year Ukrainian exports of pig iron increased by 9% MoM to 173,200 tons.In January-May exports of pig iron from Ukraine increased by 12.2% compared to the same period of last year to 822,500 tons.On the other hand, in the first five months of the current year Ukrainian imports of pig iron decreased…
DetailsIn May 2013 Ukraine’s exports of steel products decreased by 13.3% MoM to 1.893 million metric tons.
In January to May Ukraine exported 9.955 million metric tons of steel products, up by 0.7% YoY.
In May Ukraine registered a 9.5% decrease MoM in its steel product imports to 165,100 metric tons. (SteelGuru)
Zaporizhstal said that steel production rose by 1% on the year in January to July to 2.2 million tons.The company’s pig iron production remained flat in the period at 1.8 million tons, while rolled steel output rose by 3% to around 1.8 million tons.Zaporizhstal produced 341,600 tons of steel in July, up on the year…
DetailsAccording to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, in the first half of the current year Ukraine did not export any steel scrap, while in the same period of last year the country exported 315,839 metric tons of scrap worth a total of $131.973 million.In January-June Ukraine’s scrap imports increased 2.4 times YoY to 103,651…
DetailsDuring the first halfyear of the 2013 Integrated Iron and Steel Works “Zaporizhstal” reduced energy consumption of manufactured steel product by 6,4%. There is the program of the Metinvest Group at Zaporizhstal which is oriented on realization energy-efficient process and implementation of total control raw material consumption and energy resources across all levels of manufacture.…
DetailsYenakievo Iron & Steel Works’ Makeevka Branch mastered the production of thread bar, the use of which simplifies and accelerates the process of rock bolting, an advanced method for affixing mine tunnel roofs.Rock bolt works immediately after installation, improving mine tunnel stability as rock stratification is prevented and the size of inelastic deformation areas is…
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