The weeklong halt at Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant has resulted in the 9% output decrease. According to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers, August target output was decreased from 64 thousand tons to 58.1 thousand tons, with the works producing 58.14 thousand tons. The company furnaces stood idle from August 9 till August 16 due to…
DetailsThe Pipe Metal Company has supplied a batch of premium-quality pipes to Yamal LNG. TMK has been supplying the company with quality pipes since 2012. In 2014 the parties signed a contract on deliveries till 2020. This year TMK has shipped 4700 tons of premium-quality pipes to Yamal. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsTo stop deindustrialization processes Ukraine has to consume 12 million tons of rolled metal per year, according to Ukrpromvneshexpertiza director Vladimir Vlasyuk. “As of today the metal that needs to be replaced equals some 80%. If we take old pipes or structures, all this volume of metal might exceed 400 million tons. This means we…
DetailsIn January-August Ukraine exported 233.37 thousand tons of ferrous scrap valued at $40.99 million, down by 76.5% and 83.1% YoY respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, scrap was not exported in July and August, with 26.78 thousand tons exported in June, 112.57 thousand tons in May, 82.47 thousand tons in April, and 11.54 thousand…
DetailsEnergomashspetsstal has received an order to produce a low-pressure turbine rotor weighing 88.7 tons for BHEL (India). According to the company statement, the rotor will be delivered to Haridwar in January 2017. The rotor will be made of a high-chromium steel billet weighing 290 tons. This steel grade provides the necessary mechanical properties. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsOn September 6, deputy CEO of Lvivugol informed the head of the Sokal regional state administration Oleg Palikha of 3.9 thousand tons of coal mined since the month started. He also mentioned that miners had been paid 39 million UAH of July salary. Coal deliveries improved: Lvivugol sent out 10.1 thousand tons of coal of…
DetailsIn January-August Ukraine imported 5.2 million tons of cocking coal from Russia, up by 62% YoY. This equals 66.5% of all the coking coal imported. According to Ukrkoks general director Anatoly Starovoit, Russian coal is highly important for Ukraine. In 8 months Ukraine mined 4 million tons of coking coal and imported 7.8 million tons.…
DetailsIn July Ukraine exported $170.6 million worth of flat rolled metal, with imports on the level of $56.99 million. According to the State Fiscal Service, the largest consumer of Ukrainian flats in July was Russia ($28.92 million). In January-July Ukraine exported $1019.08 million worth of flat rolled metal, while imports totaled $296.66 million. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn August Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works produced 890.9 thousand tons of concentrate, down by 13% YoY. Sinter output went up by 27.6%, to 192 thousand tons. In January-August UGOK produced 7.22 million tons of concentrate, down by 7.1% YoY, and 1.34 million tons of sinter, up by 22.7%. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsIn January-August power-generating companies of Ukraine imported $1.21 billion worth of coal, down by $902.2 million YoY. According to the State Fiscal Service, the largest suppliers of coal were Russia ($594.9 million), USA ($132.7 million) and Australia ($49.5 million). Earlier energy minister Igor Nasalik claimed Russian coal was not a priority for the ministry. (Ukrainian…
DetailsIn January-August Ukraine exported 280.59 thousand tons of titanium-containing ores and concentrate valued at $53.89 million, up by 84.8% and by 45.3% YoY respectively. One of the largest consumers of Ukrainian titanium ores was Russia (44.01%), followed by USA (18.25%) and Czech Republic (12.98%). In 2015 Ukraine exported 295.02 thousand tons of titanium-containing ores and…
DetailsIn January-August Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works produced 1.31 million tons of rolled metal, down by 20.5% YoY. Steel output dropped by 19.9%, to 1.3 million tons, that of pig iron – by 16.3%, to 1.31 million tons, all YoY. In August DMK produced 106 thousand tons of rolled metal, 102 thousand tons of steel…
DetailsIn August ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih received the largest VAT reimbursement among mining and metal companies – 440.6 million UAH. According to the State Treasury Service, the company is followed by the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works (335.5 million UAH) and Azovstal (272.2 million UAH). Zaporizhstal received 223 million UAH, UGOK – 164.7 million UAH,…
DetailsMariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works has signed an agreement with Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH for construction of the 4th continuous casting machine. According to the company CEO Yuri Zinchenko, the contract was signed on September 5. “Our new machine will be able to produce 2.5 million tons of slabs per year with the size…
DetailsSystem Capital Management has sold almost 100% of the Kolosnikovskaya Central Processing Factory (situated in the Russia-supported terrorist-occupied territory of Donetsk region) to a Makeevka citizen Victor Chmilev. Chmilev has already replaced SCM representative in the supervisory board Alexander Onischenko. According to the board decision the general manager of the factory has also been replaced.…
DetailsIn January-June the Industrial-Metallurgical Holding received 4.51 billion rubles of net profits, up by 7.1% YoY. EBITDA dropped by 44.34%, to 4.52 billion rubles. PMKh decreased income by 3.76% YoY, to 28.28 billion rubles. In H1 the company mined 925 thousand tons of coking coal, down by 13% YoY. Coal concentrate output went up by…
DetailsIn July Ukraine exported $153.11 million worth of long rolled metal, with imports on the level of $11.47 million. According to the State Fiscal Service, the main consumer of Ukrainian long rolled metal in July was Russia ($20.13 million). In January-July Ukraine exported $974.49 million worth of long rolled metal, while imports totaled $79.88 million.…
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