Ukraine’s metallurgical sector has plunged into recession mainly due to the crisis in the eastern region of Donbas. Last year, the output of steel, one of the main exports items of Ukraine, fell by 12%, while the production of pig iron and rolled metal was down by 15% and 14%, respectively, according to Ukrmetallurgprom association’s…
In November 2017 ferrous metals throughput remain on the previous year level – 6.1 million tons. And in 11 months railroad transported 65.8 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 1.8% YoY. According to Severstal, domestic demand in 2017 will grow by 7% YoY, to 40 million tons of steel. Growth of demand for metal…
In January-November industrial output in Donetsk region decreased by 12.4% YoY, and in November – by 10.3% YoY, but grew by 3.6% MoM. In November coke output increased by 1.1%, metal – by 3.7%, and coal – by 20.1%, all MoM. At the same time, in YoY terms coke manufacture dropped by 6.1% and metal…
The construction of new steelsmelting capacities by China in the Russian Far East is not only against the Global steel forum ideology, but also against the industry meetings decisions taken in 2016. “The idea of the Chinese metal makers to create capacities outside of China is the aim of their industry to decrease environment impact”,…
Chinese company Debang Guangdong plans to create a $5 billion cluster for deep processing of steel in Russia’s Primorsky region, Yao Xiaodong, chairman of the board of directors, announced “We want to set up a metallurgical production base in the Primorsky region. The territory of the Far East has resources that are necessary for the…
In November Ukrainian metal companies received 2.5 million tons of iron ore raw materials, on the October level. At the same time coal supplies dropped by 14% MoM, to 1.12 million tons. Coke deliveries were on October level at 965 thousand tons. Imported coal share was 78%, and coke – 13.8%. In January-November metal and…
In November Ukrainian metal companies consumed 165 million cubic meters of gas, up by 10% MoM. According to Ukrmetallurgpromgas, in 11 months gas consumption grew by 3% YoY, to 1.6 billion cubic meters. Metal companies also consumed 10.5 billion kW-h of electricity, down by 11%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-November Russian seaports increased throughput by 9% YoY, to 716.7 million tons. According to the Association of Sea Trade Ports, coal throughput went up by 13.3% YoY, to 141.1 million tons, while that of ferrous metals dropped by 1.6%, to 25.5 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)