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…
In June the Northern Railroad transported 5.2 million tons of cargo, up by 2.5% YoY. In 6 months throughput grew by 5.1%, to 32.5 million tons. In particular, the railroad transported 4.5 million tons of ferrous metals (unchanged), 2.2 million tons of coal (+35.5%), 1.7 million tons of non-ferrous ore (+4%) and 0.6 million tons…
In June Russian Railways throughput totaled 101.6 million tons, down by 5.4% YoY. In H1 throughput dropped by 1.5%, to 633.6 million tons. Ferrous metals accounted for 38.2 million tons, down by 3.3%. In January-June 6.9 million tons of ferrous metals scrap were transported, down by 0.2%. At the same time transportation of iron and…
In January-March large and medium metal companies posted losses of 6.13 billion UAH as opposed to the profit of 4.36 billion UAH in Q1 2018. According to the State Statistics Service, 69.5% of enterprises received a profit of 2 billion UAH, while the other 30.5% got losses of 9 billion UAH. EBITDA was –6.75 billion…
In January-May Ukrzaliznytsia transported 29.8 million tons of iron and manganese ores, up by 5.7% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, metal cargo transportation grew by 2.2%, to 43.1 million tons. Scrap transportation fell by 13.9%, to 1.1 million tons. Ukrzaliznytsia has also decreased ferrous metals transportation by 2.5%, to 8.5 million tons, and…
In January-April the consolidated throughput of Nakhodka Sea Trade Port terminals totaled 46.636 million tons, up by 0.3% YoY. Ferrous metals and pig iron accounted for 4.571 million tons, up by 3.4%. Non-ferrous metals throughput dropped by 21.2%, to 0.292 million tons. Iron ore indexes grew by 33.5%, to 0.969 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In case railroad transportation to the currently uncontrolled territories of Lugansk and Donetsk regions is resumed, Ukrzaliznytsia intends to have doubled the volumes of coal, iron ore and ferrous metals by 2030. According to the company strategy for 2019-2030, the export of ferrous metals will grow by 31.7% compared with 2018, to 21.809 million tons…
In 2018 metal industry demonstrated a profit of 689.6 million UAH as opposed to 9.8 billion UAH of losses in 2017. According to the State Statistics Service, 76.8% of enterprises received a profit of 34.5 billion UAH, with 23.2% having loses of 33.8 billion UAH. The metal industry profit constituted just 0.6% of the entire…