According 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…
DetailsIt is reported that Ukrainian ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih reduced finished rolled steel output in January to November 2009 by 20.4% YoY to 4.057 million tons, steel – by 23.9% to 4.540 million tons, iron – by 26.2% to 3.975 million tons, agglomerate – by 21.9% to 7.107 million tons.In November the plant produced 414,000 tons…
DetailsAccording to a source in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, ferrous scrap export in October this year in comparison to September decreased by 26.3% to 129,950 tonnes. Ferrous scrap export revenue decreased by 19.7% to USD 33.5 million. But as compared to October 2008, ferrous scrap export has increased in 3.9 times! In January…
DetailsUkrainian Journal reported that Kiev based Smart Holding plans to challenge in court the results of the privatization of OJSC Kryvorizhstal, the largest mining and Metals Company in Ukraine a 93.02% stake in which was bought by Mittal Steel Germany at an open tender held on October 24th 2005. According to the report, the mill…
DetailsInterfax-Ukraine quoted the Industrial Policy Ministry said Ukraine steel industry reduced finished roll output 18%YoY in January to November to 24.417 million tonnes. The industry cut roll output 30%YoY in January to August, 27% in January to September and 23% in January to October, so the latest figures indicate that the severe decline in the…
DetailsMetinvest has developed a functional logistics scheme and commenced capsize deliveries of iron ore for exports. The first vessel with a freight carrying capacity of 195,000 tons has departed to China. The second bulk carrier of the similar class is being stowed. This is the first time when the raw materials produced by Metinvest Iron…
DetailsAccording to the data issued by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in January to October this year Ukraine consumed about 4.72 million tons of rolled steel products down by 37.8% YoY.In January to October 2009 Ukraine consumption of primary rolled steel products, excluding pipes was as follows: Product January-October 2008, t January-October…
DetailsJSC Yenakiievo Metallurgical Works part of Metinvest Group has completed a set of planned major overhauls at all the process stages of the enterprise. As a result of the Maintenance and Repair Program implementation, the core process equipment of the production shops has been upgraded and its performance capacities have been improved. M and R…
DetailsIt is reported that in October, consumption of rolled metal increased by 19%MoM and reached 564,670 tonnes. This is the 2009 maximum to date. An increase in purchases was marked in machine building, iron ore and steel industry, railways, pipe makers and metal traders. However, consumption levels in construction, chemistry and food industry have declined.…
DetailsThe Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia supported an appeal by Russian oil firms to preserve duty free imports of Ukrainian pipes for oil and gas industry in 2010. The statement was related to the initiative of the Russian pipe makers to cut Ukrainian duty free imports by almost 2.5 times starting in 2010. The oil…
DetailsAccording to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company during January to October of 2009 Ukraine imports of steel products registered a decline of 63.5%YoY to about 591,000 tonnes. In October this year, the country steel product imports amounted to 62,100 tonnes down by 54.8%YoY and showing a decline of…
DetailsIt is reported that Stahanov Railcar Plant confirms the fulfilment of its output plan to the total amount of 2,000 railcars due to a stable restoration of previously attained levels of production as a result of re-establishing partnership relations with target clients and thanks to newly signed agreements with Russia and Kazakhstan. As per report,…
DetailsUkrainian steel giant Industrial Union of Donbass feels that the regulation about increasing the competitiveness of mining and steel industry in Ukraine will finally lead to recovery. Mr Sergey Taruta chairman of the board of Directors of IUD said “Currently there are some improvements but we can’t speak about changing the situation in the whole…
DetailsIt is reported that in the end of October beginning of November prices for Russian and Ukrainian billets increased a bit, coming to the level of USD 390 per tonne to USD 400 FOB per tonne in comparison to USD 380 FOB per tonne to USD 390 FOB per tonne in the mid October. This…
DetailsAccording to the information issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, till November 1st 2009 Russia and other countries utilized 76.53% of the new annual quota imposed by Ukraine for seamless casing and tubing imports with outside diameter up to 406.4 mm, supplying a total of 11,655 tonnes. The new quota for the period starting…
DetailsAccording to Mr Vladimir Boyko CEO of Ukrainian steel producer Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol at his meeting with Prime Minister of Ukraine Ms Yulia Tymoshenko in Mariupol, Ilyich has increased its capacity utilization level to 70% in November from 65% in the previous month. Mr Boyko stated that “In October last year…
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