In May, average wages in the mining and metal industry increased. Ferrous metallurgy enterprises witnessed the largest growth – by 8%, to 20.1 thousand UAH. At by-product coke plants the average salary was 20.2 thousand UAH (+5%), at pipe companies – 15.1 thousand UAH (+2.1%), at mining enterprises – 19.2 thousand UAH (+3.1%), in non-ferrous…
In May, average salaries in metal and mining sectors decreased. Only pipe enterprises increased their wages – by 7.8%, to 14.8 thousand UAH. Thus, at by-product coke plants average salary was 19.2 thousand UAH (-12%), in ferrous metallurgy – 18.6 thousand UAH (-16%), at mining companies – 18.6 thousand UAH (-9.5%), in non-ferrous metallurgy –…
In January-April, metal companies consumed around 650 million cubic meters of natural gas, up by 8.3% YoY. Electricity consumption grew by 3.9%, to 3.76 billion kW-h. In 4 months, Ukraine produced 7.14 million tons of steel (+7.2%), 7.07 million tons of pig iron (+9%) and 6.39 million tons of rolled metal (+7%). (Ukrainian metal)
In January, average wages in Ukrainian metal industry mostly grew. Ferrous metal industry demonstrated the largest growth – by 21.1%, to 20.4 thousand UAH. According to the Union of metal and mining workers, at by-product coke plants the average salary was 20 thousand UAH (+13.2%), at pipe companies – 13.3 thousand UAH (-7.1%), at mining…
In 2020, Ukrainian seaports transported 15.78 million tons of metal products in 2020, up by 8% YoY. Exports increased by 8%, to 15.32 million tons, and transit – by 11.9%, to 421.2 thousand tons. The main shipper was Metinvest – 10.68 million tons, up by 12.1%. Most of Metinvest metal (40.7%) is shipped via the…
In January-February, metal companies increased consumption of natural gas and electricity. In particular, consumption of the natural gas grew by 6.5% YoY, to 330 million cubic meters. Metal companies also used 1920 million kW-h of electricity, up by 4.9%. (Ukrainian metal)
In February, industrial prices in Kazakhstan increased by 3.1% YoY. According to the Bureau of the National Statistics, in particular, prices of metallic ores grew by 0.9%. In processing industry the prices of ferrous rolled metal increased by 4.4%, copper – by 2.6%, ferroalloys – by 0.5%, aluminum and lead – by 0.6% and zinc…
In 2020, metal companies in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created and supported by Russia, decreased exports of pig iron to Turkey via Russia 1.5-fold YoY, to 287 thousand tons. At the same time, Russian exports grew by 53%, to 974 thousand tons. Pig iron prices increased from $350 to $550 per…