In January-February domestic consumers received 555.9 thousand tons of rolled metal, with 186.9 thousand tons, or 33.6% imported. In January-February 2018, domestic market consumed 663.1 thousand tons, of which 193.1 thousand tons, or 29.1% were imported. Thus, this year metal consumption dropped by 16.2%, with imports down by 3.2%. Most metal was supplied from the…
The government has discussed the state program of industrial and innovative development for 2015-2019. The share of the processing industry in the GDP structure increased from 10.1% to 11.6%. Last year two major projects were carried out – the Bakyrchikskoye Mining Enterprise and the Sary-Arka Copper Processing Company were put into operation. This year it…
In 2018 capital investments in the sector of metallurgy and metal manufacture grew by 41.7% YoY, to 25.56 billion UAH. According to the State Statistics Service, the total growth of capital investments in the industry was 31.6%, to 179.7 billion UAH. In 2017 investments in metallurgy increased by 25.8% YoY, to 18 billion UAH. (Ukrainian…
In 2018 metal products accounted for 24.6% of the total volume of exports. According to the Ministry of economical development and trade, metal exports grew by 14.9% YoY, to $11.6 billion. Metal industry provided for the second largest contribution to exports after agriculture. The share of agriculture products in the exports was 39.3%, or $18.6…
In January the Novosibirsk subsidiary of the First Cargo Company increased the ferrous metals transportation 1.7-fold YoY, to 38 thousand tons. “The positive dynamics is due to the consumption growth on the domestic market and high demand from North-Eastern Africa and the Near East”, the subsidiary director Yevgeniy Dolzhenko said. Ferrous rolled metal transportation grew…
Metalmeistars now has the largest optic-fiber laser cutting machine. The unique machine has been made by Bystronic (Switzerland). The price of the machine is around 1 million euro. Its size is 6.25 x 2.5 meters. “Now we can make larger parts. Even though the new machine is larger, it consumes less electricity than the old…
In January Ukrainian metal companies decreased natural gas consumption by 3% MoM and by 8% YoY. In December 2018 gas consumption grew by 13% MoM, to 170 million cubic meters. Electricity consumption in January was 1.01 billion kW-h, down by 1% MoM and by 6% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
The Far Eastern Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Center (FESRC) Zvezda may begin using Russia-made steel instead of foreign with Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) and Amurstal among the supplier options. Currently, steel for Zvezda is delivered from South Korea. In 2016, Rosneft and Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) established a joint venture to…
