In 2019 the volume of capital investments in metal manufacture grew by 29.7% YoY, to 30.49 billion UAH. At the same time, the growth of capital investments in Ukrainian economy slowed down to 15.5%. In 2018 investments grew by 16.4%, and in 2017 – by 22.1%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January railroad transportation of iron and manganese ore as well as ferrous metals grew by 10.8% and by 2.5%. At the same time transportation of coke dropped by 23.4% and scrap – by 22.7%. According to the State Statistics Service, 6.9 million tons of iron and manganese ores were transported, 2 million tons of…
In 2019 steel consumption in Ukraine dropped by 13.1% YoY, while the imports grew by 1.6%. Domestic consumers received 4.685 million tons of rolled metal, including 1.419 million tons of imported (30.3%). In 2018 domestic companies received 5.394 million tons of metal, with 1.442 million tons (26.7%) imported. Flat rolled metal accounted for 55.29% and…
Judging from the Cabinet of Ministers decree dated February 17, the government is worried about the quality of rolled metal used in construction. There are 177 companies in the country manufacturing metal products for construction. Flaws have been found out in their operation that affect the safety of steel products. In particular, they are the…
In 2010-2019 river cargo transportation decreased by 11.6%, to 126.5 million tons. At the same time, in 2019 it remained on the 2018 level. The share of ferrous metals was 2.9%. Metal transportation increased by 106%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January metal companies received some 2 million tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 19% YoY, with 3.96 million tons exported, up by 20%. By-product coke plants received 1.03 million tons of coking coal, down by 18%: 0.37 million tons of domestic coal, up by 43%, and 0.66 million tons of imported, down…
In January Ukrainian metal companies decreased gas consumption by 3% YoY, to 160 million cubic meters. Electricity consumption dropped by 7%, to 940 million kW-h. In January Ukraine decreased steel output by 0.4%, to 1.84 million tons, and pig iron – by 3.3%, to 1.73 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In January Krasnoyarsk Railroad transported 7.226 million tons of cargo, down by 9.8% YoY. In particular, transportation of coal decreased by 4.2%, to 5.2 million tons. At the same time the railroad transported 451.7 thousand tons of non-ferrous ore and 76 thousand tons of iron and manganese ore, up by 1.6% and by 6.3% YoY…