In October Russia imported 24.4 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant flat rolled steel, valued at $49 million, up by 8% MoM and by 38% YoY. 600+ mm wide sheet accounts for around 90% of the imports. Nickel contents in steel don’t exceed 2.5%. Some 28% of imports came from China. In October Chinese steel cost $1633…
The Republic of Khakasia intends to start producing steel rope at the Abaz monocity. The project presupposes the creation of 2 lines to produce 3.5-35 mm diameter rope (GOST 2688-80, 7688-80, 3077-80). Siemens will supply the equipment. Steel rope production will start in 5 years. (Ukrainian metal)
Gomel-Raton Free Economic Zone (Gomel-Raton FEZ) hosted a new resident – KolosEuroTech, planning to manufacture high-precision metal products. KolosEuroTech is a Belarusian-Polish joint venture, intended to invest more than $1 million in high-precision metal production at Gomel-Raton FEZ. Gomel-Raton FEZ is now home to 81 resident companies. (Prime-TASS/Ukrainian metal)
In November prices of industrial manufacturers increased by 2.2% MoM. According to the State Statistics Service, in mining and quarrying price increase reached 4.4% MoM, including 10.5% in iron ore mining. Prices in processing industry went up by 1% MoM, in particular of coke – by 3.2%, in metal manufacture – by 2.2%. (Ukrainian metal)
The forecast for the Russian steel sector in 2017 is negative due to weak domestic demand, international rating agency Moody’s said in a research note. The outlook for the European steel sector is also negative due to risks of “price falls and profitability pressures on the back of competition from cheap imports”, the agency said.…
In January-September Ukrainian market received 3 million tons of rolled metal (without pipes), up by 20.8% YoY. With pipes deliveries total 3.33 million tons. In the reporting period Ukraine imported 0.48 million tons of metal, or 16.1% as opposed to 13.6% in January-September 2015. The growth trends over January-September have been observed in beams (up…
Belarus and Pakistan are mulling over a joint steel production project, the press service of the Belarusian Industry Ministry reported. “Minsk hosted an official meeting of the Belarusian Industry Ministry authorities led by Minister Vitaly Vovk with Ahmad Ayaz Sadiq, Vice President at Barclays Bank Plc, Director for FI and NBFI Coverage in the Middle…
In January-October prices of processing companies increased by 16.2%, of mining – by 14.9% YoY. Zinc prices went up by 50.9%, ferroalloy – by 47.7%, ferrous rolled metal – by 40.1%, precious metals – by 40%, lead – by 32.8%, aluminum – by 11.6%, copper – by 8.3%. (Ukrainian metal)