In August Ukrainian metal companies consumed 130 cubic meters of gas, up by 1.6% MoM, or by 2 million cubic meters. Daily average gas consumption totaled 4.2 million cubic meters. In January-August metal companies consumed 1.1 billion cubic meters of gas, down by 19% YoY, with average daily consumption at 4.6 million as opposed to…
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a number of assignments after the meeting on rare-earth metals production and consumption held in Velikiy Novgorod on July 29, website of the Kremlin said. In particular, the government is tasked “to consider reduction of the mineral extraction tax (MET) rate in respect of rare and rare-earth metals” by December…
Because of the Ukrzaliznytsia problems with cargo transportation, metal works suffer from raw materials deficiency and lose market opportunities and export revenues. “Weak spots in railroad infrastructure, shortage of locomotives and fuel, ineffective coordination of Ukrzaliznytsia resources cost our country some $1.8 billion of not received foreign currency revenues in metal sector. And that’s almost…
In January-July Ukrainian metal companies consumed 7.5 billion kWh of electricity, up by 6% YoY. Electricity consumption in 2015 dropped by 13% YoY, to 12.4 billion kWh. In January-July Ukraine produced 14.49 million tons of steel, 14 million tons of pig iron and 12.68 million tons of rolled metal, all up by 10.5%, 16.3% and…
In January-July metal companies consumed 990 million cubic meters of natural gas, down by 20% YoY. In July gas consumption increased by 2.4% MoM, to 128 million cubic meters. Average daily gas consumption in January-July totaled 4.7 million cubic meters as opposed to 5.8 million cubic meters in January-July 2015. Average daily July consumption dropped…
In January-June Ukrainian metal companies consumed 860 million cubic meters of gas, down by 20% YoY. In June gas consumption totaled 125 million cubic meters, down by 12% MoM, or by 17 million cubic meters. In H1 daily average gas consumption was on the level of 4.7 million cubic meters, as opposed to 6 million…
According to the Ilyichevsk trade seaport, as of July 11 there were 4 vessels under loading/unloading at its quays. Terminal 1 saw unloading of slabs for further loading onto vessels. This is the new cargo. The port also stocks sheet, rolls and wire rod. In July-August it plans to process 26.26 thousand tons of Metinvest-Shipping…
In January-May Ukraine sold 660.8 billion UAH worth of industrial products (588.2 billion UAH in January-May 2015), including 177.2 billion UAH exported (174.5 billion UAH). According to the State Statistics Committee, metal and metal wares accounted for 17% of the total volume, while mining products totaled 12.1%. In May mining sales went up by 15.7%…
