In January-June industrial products sales grew by 5.4% YoY, to 1.28 trillion UAH. 305.1 billion UAH worth of products, or 27.4%, were exported. According to the State Statistics Service, Ukraine sold 85.5 billion UAH worth of metallic ores, up by 23.5%, including 50.8 billion UAH exported, or 59.4%. Pig iron, steel and ferroalloys sales dropped…
In July Northern Railroad transported some 5.7 million tons of cargo, up by 8.6% YoY. Throughput in January-July grew by 5.6%, to 38.2 million tons. In particular, the Northern Railroad transported 5 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 1.3%, 2.7 million tons of coal, up by 31.9%, 2 million tons of non-ferrous ore, up…
In July a number of manufacturers decreased prices by 0.8% MoM, but increased by 3.2% since the start of the year. In January-July prices grew by 9.6% YoY, the Ministry of the national economy statistics committee reports. In particular, in mining industry prices went up by 4.4%. Since the start of the year coal has…
In July Russian Railroads transported 108 million tons of cargo, up from 101.6 million tons in June. In January-July throughput totaled 741.6 million tons, down by 1.3%. Iron and manganese ore accounted for 69.3 million tons, up by 3.3%. Transportation of ferrous metals dropped by 4%, to 44.2 million tons, and scrap – by 0.1%,…
The center of metal products standardization and certification of the Central Research-Scientific Institute of the ferrous metallurgy named after Bardin has prepared the second edition of the draft national standard GOST R “Rolled plates of cryogenic steel”. The standard will be implemented for the first time. The document has been initiated by metal companies producing…
The throughput of Novorossiysk Sea Trade Port in January-May totaled 59.752 million tons, up by 2.2% YoY. Ferrous metals and pig iron accounted for 5.483 million tons, down by 1.5%. The drop is due among other things to the implementation of import duties in the US. Non-ferrous metals throughput dropped by 17.8%, to 0.354 million…
In June Ukrainian metal companies increased natural gas consumption by 7% MoM, to 150 million cubic meters. In 6 months consumption dropped by 5% YoY, to 890 million cubic meters of natural gas. At the same time electricity consumption in June dropped by 3% MoM, to 950 million kW-h, and in 6 months – by…
The Ministry of industry and trade expects the domestic demand for steel to grow thanks to national projects. “Last year the growth was some 2%. This year we await a small growth. I think around 1%. Next year we expect a considerable growth due to a number of projects in various market segments. We hope…
