In May Kazakhstan produced 0.407 million tons of steel, down by 0.2% YoY. According to the Ministry of the National Economy, in January-May steel output dropped by 0.2%, to 1.931 million tons. Flat rolled metal manufacture went down by 10.1%, to 0.234 million tons, with 5 months results down by 34.4%, to 0.836 million tons.…
As of June 11, Ukraine has emptied its individual tariff quotas for the delivery of seamless pipes of stainless steel, other seamless pipes and unalloyed wire to EU. Rebars quota is 99.26% full, cold-rolled metal – 98.13%, angles and sections – 96.63%, and hollow sections – 98.54%. The wire rod quota has been 73.59% fulfilled,…
In January-May railroad deliveries of lime grew by 42% YoY, to 180 thousand tons. The first months of the year witnessed the growth of deliveries to metal companies, while chemical enterprises considerably decreased their purchases. The main consumers of lime were ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih (didn’t buy lime last year), Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine (+43%)…
The Russian metal trade fair trio Tube Russia, Metallurgy Russia and Litmash Russia took place together at the Moscow exhibition center Krasnaya Presnya on May 14 to 17. 270 companies from 20 countries presented technological innovations and solutions for the requirements of industry 4.0. Next to Russia and its neighboring Eastern European countries, exhibitors primarily…
In January-March, average salary growth in metal industry was 23.9%, to 12.45 thousand UAH. At the same time the growth in industry was 25.8%, to 10.88 thousand UAH. According to the State Statistics Service, the salary fund in metal industry in Q1 was 7.32 billion UAH. Average salary for one working hour was 87 UAH,…
In May, according to RZD, railroad throughput totaled 106.3 million tons, down by 3.8% YoY. In 5 months throughput dropped by 0.7%, to 532.1 million tons. Of metal cargo 32.2 million tons accounted for ferrous metals, down by 2.5%. Ferrous scrap transportation grew by 4.7%, to 5.6 million tons. Iron and manganese ore transportation increased…
In 2017-2018 Ukrainian metal and mining companies increased investments in environment protection. In particular, expenses of the iron ore processors grew by 30.3%, to 7.3 billion UAH, and metal companies – by 25.5%, to 5.9 billion UAH. The share of the industry in the overall expenses in Ukraine increased from 17.7% to 21.4% and from…
According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, in April, industrial prices grew by 0.5% MoM, but dropped by 0.6% YtD. In metal industry, prices increased by 2.2% MoM and by 6.3% YoY, with prices in January-April up by 6.4% YoY. In particular, pig iron, steel and ferroalloys prices went up by 3.6%, copper –…
