According to the information issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, as of May 1st Russia and other countries utilized 85.45% of the annual quota imposed by Ukraine for seamless casing and tubing imports with outside diameter up to 406.4 mm, supplying a total of 13,014 tons. In April Ukraine imports of seamless casing and…
DetailsInterfax reported that Ukraine-based Poltava GOK, the core asset of the London listed Ferrexpo plc, boosted commercial pellet production from internal and purchased feedstock by 20.3% YoY in January to April to 3.16 million tons as demand for the commodity soared. Ferrexpo said Poltava GOK produced 1.628 million tons of pellets with Fe content of…
DetailsIt is reported that in late April this year one of Ukraine’s most modern enterprises for the production of galvanized steel in coils and polymer coated steel, Metals and Polymers, was inaugurated in the town of Alchevsk.The plant was built in less than two years with an investment of UAH 400 million with Alfa Bank,…
DetailsAccording to the preliminary data issued by the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine, in January to April 2010 Ukraine registered an increase of 18% YoY in its finished steel product output to 9.839 million tons and a 20.9% rise in its crude steel output to 11.038 million tons.In the first four months of 2010,…
DetailsUKRAINE&RUSSIA: STEEL-MAKING PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: FOUNDRY PIG IRON UKRAINE&RUSSIA: ROUND BILLETS METAL OF UKRAINE & RUSSIA: SQUARE BILLETS, MARCH 2010 Month Russian market, $/t, $1/RUR31.38* Ukrainian market, $/t without VAT, $1/UAH 5.33* min max min max February 402.42 602.29 519.28** 599.06** March 402.42 602.29 519.28 599.06 Month Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports Export,…
DetailsArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has announced that during the first four months of this year it has increased its crude steel output by 39.1% YoY to 2.038 million tons. Product April 2010, t April 2009, t Change, % Pig iron 477,300 348,900 36.8 Steel 566,900 388,800 45.8 Rolled products 477,000 371,000 28.6 Product January-April, 2010 January-April…
DetailsSummarizing the results of the first three months of 2010 all Ukrainian IUD enterprises, namely Alchevsk Coking Plant, Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works and Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works have passed the certification according to two international standards: ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18000.The third IUD works to have passed the certification is Alchevsk Iron and…
DetailsIt is reported that Ukrainian steelmaker Azovstal, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian iron ore and steel producing company Metinvest, plans in 2010 to increase its finished steel output by 29% to 5.532 million tons compared to 2009.In addition, in 2010 Azovstal also plans to raise its crude steel production by 20.5% YoY to 5.591 million…
DetailsIt is reported that the Ukrainian steel group Donetskstal plans by the end of the current year to complete the construction of the new 350,000 tons capacity coke oven battery at its coke producing subsidiary Makeevkoks. The total investments in the construction amount to about $30 million. (SteelOrbis)
It is reported that in April Ukrainian mining and steel producing company Metinvest Holding doubled on YoY basis its iron ore materials prices for domestic consumers.Mr. Alexander Ryzhenkov, chairman of the board of the Ukrainian steelmaker Donetskstal, said that starting from April it had receives pellets from Metinvest iron ore subsidiary Severniy GOK at the…
DetailsDneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian steelmaker Industrial Union of Donbass, plans by 2020 to increase its crude steel output to 7 million tons, up 2.03 times compared to 2009.By 2020 DMKD also aims to raise its pig iron production 2.04 times to 6.5 million tons, its…
DetailsAccording to the data for the first quarter of 2010, Ukrainian exports of steel pipes decreased by 22.7% YoY to 239,190 tons and its semi-finished steel product exports dropped by 10.9% YoY to about 2.623 million tons.In January to March this year the country’s exports of flat rolled steel increased by 8.3% YoY to 1.543…
DetailsRIA Novosti cited Mr. Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia, as saying that the Russian government would allow the import of 260,000 tons of steel pipes annually from Ukraine duty free. Mr. Putin said “Today we’ll make a decision which has long been expected by Ukrainian pipe producers. As the government of Ukraine requested, we’ll…
DetailsIUD Corporation and Litat Group Company have signed a contract to supply steel to the Middle East countries in the amount of 4.8 million tons within 2010. The agreement provides for the preliminary financing of production on the orders of Litat Group Company. IUD Corporation has been collaborating with Litat Group in the field of…
DetailsAccording to the World Steel Association data, Ukraine has secured eighth position among the largest countries-world steel producers in March having produced 2.995 million tons of metal.Ukraine in February attained the eighth place among the largest countries-world steel producers having produced 2.565 million tons of metal. In total, the world steel production this March against…
DetailsIt looks like Ukrainian steel billet sellers have broken the market for themselves. A lot of companies were keeping out of the market till the last time expecting to get some premium to the price.When players came to the market with the price of $645-660 per ton, it was just not accepted. It became obvious…
DetailsIt is reported that the government of the Russian Federation has charged Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to negotiate with the Ukrainian side on the settlement of the duty free supply of certain types of steel pipes up to a certain quota from Ukraine.As of April 1st 2010, Russia has…
DetailsIt is reported that in comparison with Q1 2009 this year Ukrainian steelmakers increased exports of steel products by 4.6% to 5.664 million tons.In March compared to February export increased by 39.8% to 2.186 million tons.As for the product structure in export shipments in Q1 2010 compared to the same period of previous year, semis…
DetailsIt is reported that the Ukrainian steel group Donetskstal has denied reports that it has made a proposal to ArcelorMittal to create a JV for the production of coking coal at the Karagaylinskaya mine located in Russia’s Kemerovo region or to sell 50% of the mine to ArcelorMittal.It said “No negotiations are taking place in…
DetailsAccording to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, during the Q1 2010 the Ukrainian steelmakers have continued to increase their average daily pig iron output by 18% YoY to 77,500 tons compared to 65,700 tons for the same period last year.In March Ukrainian average daily pig iron output rose by 8,000 tons MoM to…
DetailsAccording to the data issued by the Ukrainian Association of Metal Traders, in the Q1 of 2010 the country rolled steel products consumption registered an increase of 8.8% YoY to approximately 1.196 million tons.Accordingly, in Q1 this year Ukrainian pipe making companies increased purchases of domestic and imported rolled products by 3.2% YoY to 330,664…
DetailsIt is reported that the debts for VAT reimbursements to steelmakers continue to grow in Ukraine reaching a record amount of UAH4.5 billion as of April 1st. The Ukrainian Federation of Metallurgists has stated that “The inequality of VAT refunding during all the past years is very alarming.”As per report, of the total debt of UAH4.5…
DetailsIn March Khartsyzsk Pipe Works, JSC, part of Metinvest Group, produced 11,890 tons of large diameter pipes, which is by 11,540 tons over February pipe production. March 2010 results. Product March 2010, t February 2010, t Change, % Large diameter pipes 11,893 353 3,368.8 Product January-March 2010, t January-March 2009, t Change, % Large diameter…
DetailsIt is reported that in 2009 the Ukrainian flat steel producer Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works saw its steel product exports fall by 14.72% YoY to 3.123 million tons being affected by the global decline in steel demand.In 2009 the company exported to 69 countries. With the largest importers of Ilyich steel products being…
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