In December Ukrainian metal companies plan to produce 2.1 million tons of steel, 2 million tons of pig iron and 1.8 million tons of rolled metal. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, the forecast for November was 1.9 million tons of steel and pig iron each, as well as 1.7 million tons of rolled metal. In October Ukraine…
The Antimonopoly committee of Ukraine has to check the intentions of Ukrzaliznytsia on increasing transportation tariffs in 2017 by 25% for cargo and by 35% for passengers. This has been voiced by the chairman of the Metallurgists Federation of Ukraine Sergey Belenky. According to him Ukrzaliznytsia management has officially confirmed this plan. “The Ministry of…
In November Russian Railways increased throughput by 2.6% YoY, to 34.06 million tons. In particular, the company transshipped 9.9 million tons of coal, up by 3% YoY. Iron and manganese ore transshipment went up by 4.5% YoY, to 3 million tons, ferrous metals scrap – by 10.4%, to 0.4 million tons, and coke – by…
The plant will produce a variety of metal products, among them heavy-duty grids for further production of gabion systems used for prevention and elimination of emergency situations. The projected capacity of the plant will amount to 5,000 tons of metal products per year at the first phase, with its further increase. It is expected that…
Ukrzaliznytsia has finished reconstruction of the railroad route Kamysh-Zarya – Volnovakha. Now 23 pairs of cargo trains and 4 passenger trains will use it every day. This will allow Mariupol metal companies to increase output. According to Metinvest, Ukraine was losing some $1 billion of revenues per year because of the damaged railroad infrastructure. (Ukrainian…
In January-September ferrous metals throughput in the Novorossiysk Sea Trade Port reached 10.03 million tons, up by 12.2% YoY. Iron ore raw materials throughput increased by 40.2%, to 2.14 million tons. Non-ferrous metals throughput dropped by 4.8% YoY, to 0.81 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
The Ukrainian Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman will head the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on mining-metallurgical complex on October 24. Metal companies have also agreed to have separate meetings with power and transport companies. (Ukrainian metal)
Since 2010 the efficiency of the state-owned sea trade port Yuzhny increased two-fold thanks to the cargo of Ukrainian metal companies. “Our taxes have increased from 482 million UAH in 2010 to 960 million UAH in 2015”, the port director Alexander Lagosha explained. And the main reason for the payments increase was the stable loading…