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 –…
According to Rosstat, the industrial output in April increased by 4.9% YoY after a growth of 1.2% in March. At the same time, ferrous metallurgy witnessed a drop in pig iron manufacture by 3.5% YoY, rolled metal – by 4.1%, and pipes – by 2.6%, in particular, drilling pipes – by 10.9%. Primary aluminum output…
In April, transportation of metal in FGK gondola cars grew by 7% YoY, to 1.4 million tons. The share of transportation in the total volume was 13%. In particular, transportation of ferrous metals scrap increased by 50%, to 224 thousand tons, metal structures – by 20%, to 4 thousand tons, metal wares – by 11%,…
The Ministry of Economic Development has granted the status of the resident of the Prokopievsk Advanced Development Zone to the Prokopievsk Casting Plant LLC. The company intends to produce cast billets of steel and pig iron for machine building, processing factories, agriculture, etc. The total cost of the project is 7 million rubles. 20 new…
In April, the Far Eastern Railroad transported 3.95 million tons of cargo, down by 2% YoY. In 4 months transportation decreased by 0.4%, to 16 million tons. In particular, the railroad transported 768 thousand tons of iron and manganese ore, up by 12.7%, 522 thousand tons of non-ferrous metals ore (+44%), 382 thousand tons of…
In April, Ukrainian metal companies decreased gas consumption by 7% MoM, to 140 million cubic meters. In 4 months the industry consumed 600 million cubic meters of gas, down by 8% YoY. Electricity consumption in April fell by 4% MoM, to 950 million kW-h, with 4 months consumption down by 3%, to 3870 million kW-h.…