According to the Ukrainian Association of Metal Traders in January Ukraine’s large and medium steel trading companies purchased about 79,192 tons of rolled steel products, including purchases from local mills and also imports up by 14% YoY.In the first month of the current year the main local steel traders decreased their imports of rolled steel…
DetailsAccording to the data released by England Steel Statistics Bureau, Ukraine exported 23.786 million tons of steel in 2009 totally down by 16% from the 28.375 million tons in 2008. Although export decreased, Ukraine is still the fourth largest steel exporter, behind to Japan, EU 27 bodies and Russia.In 2009, Ukraine semi-finished steel exports were…
DetailsIt is reported that the Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works plans to restart two blast furnaces on February 20 and run into operation with full capacity.These two blast furnaces were idled due to the lack of raw materials during the world financial crisis.The crude steel, finished steel products and pig iron output of Alchevsk was…
DetailsIt is reported that in 2010 Ukraine is expected to increase the output of its main steel products by 7% YoY to 8% YoY, considering the data issued by the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom based on the country’s steel output results for the first month of the year.Considering the production dynamics in January…
DetailsSteel pipe and railway wheels producer Interpipe has announced that it has supplied pipes for the building of an oil terminal in the port of Antwerp. The welded pipes supplied by Interpipe range in size from 406.4 mm to 9.5 mm. The volume of pipes supplied amounts to 2,000 tons. The pipes have been produced…
DetailsIt is reported that ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, Ukraine-based subsidiary of the world largest integrated metals and mining company ArcelorMittal, plans in 2010 to carry out the modernization of its converter shop by installing a new ladle furnace, a new continuous billet caster and by replacing its gas cleaning units.ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih 2010 investment projects are…
DetailsAccording to Mr. Vladimir Boiko, general director of the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, the company could be forced to stop its operations within two or three months if the state does not pay value added tax refunds which currently exceeds UAH 800 million.Mr. Boiko said “Currently the main thing for the plant is…
DetailsIt is reported that the Ukrainian mills have announced new prices for 2nd quarter 2010.
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has increased plate prices to $555 per ton FOB basis, while Zaporozhstal is looking for a price above $600 per ton FOB ST for HRC. (Steelprices-europe)
According to the data, released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company, in the first month of 2010 Ukraine imports of steel products amounted to 80,600 tons, indicating an increase of 32.3% MoM and a rise of more than five times YoY. Accordingly, in January 2010 the biggest share in overall steel imports…
DetailsUkraine steel output hit 2.73 million tons in January, an insignificant drop of 29,000 tons down by 1.1% MoM, capacity utilization rate in the industry remained steady at 75%, production for the month was up 26.8% YoY due to a low comparison base. This low comparison base effect should see the domestic steel industry reporting…
DetailsAccording to preliminary data, in 2009 the investment volume into Ukrainian metallurgy upgrade did not exceed UAH 5 billion.In recent years the metallurgists kept increasing the investments into main capacities upgrade. The investment started picking up in 2007, when the investments volume amounted to UAH 10.5 billion. In terms of specific investments per 1 ton…
DetailsIn January 2010 Ingulets Mining and Processing Works, JSC increased concentrate output by 112.6% to 1,266,000 tons compared to January 2009. Product January 2010, th. t January 2009, th. t Change, % December 2009, th. t Change, % Concentrate 1266,0 595,6 212.6 1276.4 99.2 In 2009 Ingulets Mining and Processing Works produced 11.881 million tons…
DetailsIn January 2010 Severniy Mining and Processing Works, JSC increased concentrate output by 27.7% to 1,255,900 tons compared to January 2009, pellets output increased by 46.4% to 893,900 tons. Product January 2010, th. t January 2009, th. t Change, % December 2009, th. t Change, % Concentrate 1255,9 983,1 127.7 1270,4 98.9 Pellets 893,9 610,4…
DetailsYenakievo Iron and Steel Works, part of the Metinvest Group, in January 2010 produced 179,800 tons of cast iron and 206,000 tons of steel. Output of rolled products comprised 200,500 tons. Product January 2010, th. t December 2009, th. t Change, % Cast iron 179,8 184,0 -2.3 Steel (smelting) 206,0 209,5 -1.7 Rolled product 200,5…
DetailsThe major Ukrainian steelmakers have released their preliminary production results for the first month of 2010. Of the top seven largest Ukrainian steel producers, only Azovstal and ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih showed QoQ increases in output, of 4.9% and 3.9% respectively, due to positive changes in the market situation.Mr. Andrey Gerus, an analyst at the Ukrainian…
DetailsIn January 2010 the Avdiivka Coke & Chemical Works JSC, part of the Metinvest Group, decreased coke output: bulk coke of 6% moisture output comprised 248,037 tons, 12,868 tons below December 2009 performance, blast furnace coke as dry weight output comprised 207,356 tons, 13,996 tons below December 2009. Product January 2010, th. t December 2009,…
DetailsAlchevsk Iron and Steel Works increased the output of finished metal-roll by 2.6% up to 233,000 tons in January when compared with December 2009.The works has reduced steel output by 0.4% down to 255,000 tons.Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works has increased iron output by 1.9% up to 219,000 tons as well as the output of…
DetailsIn January the Central Mining and Processing Works JSC (CGOK) increased concentrate output by 73.5% up to 501,700 tons compared with January 2009, pellets output for the same period increased by 8.1% up to 206,000 tons.In 2009 CGOK produced 5.006 million tons of concentrate, pellets production comprised 2.225 million tons. January 2010, th. t January…
DetailsThe Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky reduced the production of finished metal roll by 9.2% down to 268000 tons in January compared to December.Steel production has been lowered by 7.8% down to 296,000 tons. DMKD mill has reduced iron production by 6% down to 266,000 tons. The production of agglomerate was…
DetailsThe Dniepropetrovsk Iron and Steel Works named after Petrovsky plans to ramp up production of longs by 40% in February, to 35,000 tons compared with January. The company will be able to raise its output due to higher export sales.In particular, Petrovsky will produce about 30,000-31,000 tons of channel and 3,000 tons to 3,500 tons…
DetailsAccording to the information issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, as of February 1st 2010 Russia and other countries utilized 80.7% of the annual quota imposed by Ukraine for seamless casing and tubing imports with outside diameter of up to 406.4 mm, supplying a total of 12,291 tons.The data indicate that in January 2010,…
DetailsAccording to Mr. Yuriy Ryzhkov, analyst of Astrum Investment Management, Ukrainian metallurgical companies will reduce steel output in February by 5% to 7% as compared with the previous month.He said that “We expect that in February the situation of raw materials supply will improve. However, due to the less days number in this month steel…
DetailsAccording to the preliminary data issued by the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine, in January 2010 Ukraine registered a 20% YoY increase in its finished steel product output to 2.433 million tons and a 26% rise in its crude steel output to 2.726 million tons.In the first month of 2010, Ukraine saw a 25%…
DetailsInterpipe NTRP mill in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine has started production of seamless pipes with corrosion-resistant coating. The corrosion-resistant coating protects the surface and is applied by new painting installation equipment made by Venjakob. Companies based in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel will receive the first batch of pipe products with the protective coating.Mr. Fadi Hraibi, product and…
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