In the third quarter of 2014 Donetsk Iron and Steel Works plans to return to the rolled plate market. The plate shop (512 thousand tons) was stopped in April 2012. Now it’s back in action. But the company hasn’t decided on the sales structure yet. Ukraine was considered the main sales market, but because of…
DetailsIn May Ukrainian companies produced 103.7 thousand tons of ferroalloys, up by 47.7%, or by 33.5 thousand tons, MoM. According to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers, in January-May Ukraine produced 434.1 thousand tons of ferroalloys, up by 30.9%, or 102.5 thousand tons, YoY. In April companies produced 70.2 thousand tons of ferroalloys, down by…
DetailsIn July Ukrainian companies intend to increase steel smelting by 2.9%, to 2.52 million tons MoM. The companies also plan to produce 2.47 million tons of pig iron and 2.25 million tons of rolled metal, up by 5.1% and 2.3% respectively. An average daily pig iron output in July is forecast at 79.7 thousand tons…
DetailsIn January-May Ukrainian metal companies earned $6007 million on ferrous metals export, down by 2.4% YoY. According to the customs statistics, ferrous metals exports rose to 24.74% of total exports from 22.62% a year ago. In May ferrous metals exports brought $1378.98 million to Ukraine. At the same time Ukraine decreased ferrous metals imports by…
DetailsIn January-May Interpipe Steel produced 376 thousand tons of steel, down by 24% YoY. In May the works produced 88 thousand tons of steel as opposed to 65 thousand tons in April. The works is the key project of Interpipe directed at providing pipe and wheel manufacture with steel billets. Interpipe is among the top-10…
DetailsIn January-May Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, a part of the Metinvest group, produced 1.43 million tons of rolled metal, down by 19% YoY. In the given period the works produced 1.69 million tons of steel and 1.5 million tons of pig iron, down by 10.7% and 8.4% respectively. Due to the shutdown of the…
DetailsIn January-May ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih produced 2.15 million tons of rolled metal, down by 10.6% YoY. At the same time, steel smelting fell by 4.1%, to 2.48 million tons, while pig iron manufacture decreased by 3.1%, to 2.18 million tons, all YoY. In May the company produced 497 thousand tons of rolled metal, 611 thousand…
DetailsIn April Ukrainian companies produced 121.1 thousand tons of manganese concentrate and sinter, up by 24%, or by 23.4 thousand tons. According to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers, manganese sinter output went up by 0.3%, or by 0.1 thousand tons, to 35.5 thousand tons, while that of manganese concentrate increased by 37.4%, or by…
DetailsIn January-May the UK-based Ferrexpo Plc, controlling Poltava and Yeristov Mining and Processing Works (PGOK and EGOK), produced 4.58 million tons of pellets, up by 3.4% YoY. In the given period the company produced 5.72 million tons of concentrate, up by 5.7% YoY. In May Ferrexpo Plc produced 836 thousand tons of pellets and 1.11…
DetailsIn April Ukraine’s leading ferroalloys manufacturer – Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NZF) – produced 1.6 thousand tons of ferromanganese, down by 51.5%, or by 1.7 thousand tons, MoM. At the same time the plant increased its silicomanganese output by 11%, or by 4.3 thousand tons, to 43.5 thousand tons. In January-April NZF produced 13.1 thousand tons…
DetailsIn April ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih produced 462 thousand tons of steel, down by 2.65%, or by 12.6 thousand tons, YoY.Rolled metal output went down by 18.1%, or by 90.2 thousand tons, to 405.9 thousand tons. At the same time pig iron production decreased by 0.29%, or by 1.2 thousand tons, to 410 thousand tons. (Ukrainian…
DetailsIn April Ukrainian companies produced 70.2 thousand tons of ferroalloys, down by 19.5%, or by 17 thousand tons, MoM. According to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers, in January-April companies produced 330.4 thousand tons of ferroalloys, up by 27%, or by 70.3 thousand tons, YoY. In March metal companies produced 87.2 thousand tons of ferroalloys,…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has implemented wire rod manufacture. This product, made of SV08G2S grade steel, is used to make welding wire. Actually, this wire rod has already been produced at the works, but it was manufactured using an outdated method from blooming ingots. The new wire rod, made of billets from converter shop, has a…
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DetailsIn May Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works produced 282.5 thousand tons of pig iron, 328.2 thousand tons of steel and 285 thousand tons of rolled metal, up by 22.8%, 17.4% and 14.3% YoY correspondingly. In January-May the works produced 1408.5 thousand tons of rolled metal, up by 6% YoY. Steel output grew by 4.1%, to…
DetailsIn January-May Ukrainian metal companies produced 12.9 million tons of carbon steel, down by 6.4% YoY. Pig iron output fell by 0.6%, to 12.1 million tons, while rolled metal manufacture decreased by 2.9%, to 11.38 million tons, all YoY. In 2013 Ukrainian metal companies produced 29.03 million tons of rolled metal, 32.68 million tons of…
DetailsIn January-May Ukrainian metal companies produced 12.9 million tons of steel, down by 7% YoY. In the given period rolled metal output also decreased by 7%, to 11.38 million tons, while that of pig iron fell by 1%, to 12.01 million tons. Coke manufacture dropped by 3%, to 7.15 million tons, while at the same…
DetailsIn 2013 heat-resistant alloys output at Dneprospetsstal reached its absolute maximum for the last 20 years. The works started producing rolled rods with 37-42 mm diameter, which is considered the main advantage in the development of this type of products. Now the company can produce rolled heat-resistant alloys with 20-75 mm diameter. Even though heat-resistant…
DetailsIn January-March Metinvest group of companies produced 2796 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 3.22%, or by 93 thousand tons, QoQ. Taking YoY figures, Metinvest decreased its pig iron output by 2.72%, or by 74 thousand tons. In the given period Metinvest produced 2755 thousand tons of steel, down by 6.67%, or by 179…
DetailsIn January-March Metinvest group of companies produced 8820 thousand tons of iron ore concentrate, down by 4.04%, or by 372 thousand tons, QoQ.
Taking YoY figures, Metinvest decreased its iron ore concentrate output by 5.41%, or by 505 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March Metinvest group decreased coking coal output by 1.39%, or by 35 thousand tons, to 2537 thousand tons, QoQ. Metinvest also dropped coking coal output by 12.39%, or by 359 thousand tons YoY. In 2013 Metinvest group decreased coking coal output by 2%, or by 230 thousand tons, to 11393 thousand tons, YoY. (Ukrainian…
DetailsIn January-April freight turnover of the Mariupol seaport increased by 5%, to 4.12 million tons, YoY. Exports grew by 9% to over 3.8 million tons. Ferrous metals shipment increased by 2.6%, to 2.5 million tons, including pig iron up 1.6 times, to 763 thousand tons. Rolled metal shipments fell by 12%, to 957 thousand tons.…
DetailsIn January-April Ukrainian metal companies decreased ferrous metals exports profit by 6.5%, to $4628.11 million YoY. During this period ferrous metals amounted for 24.02% of the total export volumes, up by 1.5% YoY. In April ferrous metals exports earned Ukraine $1153.5 million. At the same time Ukraine imported ferrous metals for $434.74 million, down by…
DetailsIn April 2014 Ukrainian companies produced 2380 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 4.9%, or by 122 thousand tons, MoM. In January-April pig iron output fell by 2.6%, or by 250 thousand tons, to 9420 thousand tons YoY. In March Ukraine produced 2502 thousand tons, up by 13.7%, or by 302 thousand tons, MoM.…
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