In January-November 2018 Russia imported 280 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant flat steel valued at $648 million, up by 7.9% and by 16.3% YoY respectively. The sheet with the width of 600 mm and more accounted for 90% of the imports. The main supplier was China – 51%, up by 49.7%. The share of Taiwan dropped…
On January 11-18 metal prices in the Central region dropped by 5.9 points, or by 1.03%, to 567.7. Rebars saw the largest decrease – 2.84%. Rounds lost 1.55%, electric welded pipes – 1.53%, and beams – 0.88%. The price of channel fell by 0.38%, galvanized flat metal – by 0.13%, and hot-rolled sheet – by…
Last year the prices of industrial manufacturers grew by 19% YoY. According to the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of the National Economy, in particular, coal became 10.7% more expensive and metallic ores – 2.2%. Prices of ferroalloys grew by 24%, of rolled metal – by 15.4%, of aluminum – by 3.8%, and of copper…
In January-November ferrous metals transportation via railroad decreased by 3% YoY, to 18.3 million tons. According to the State Statistics Service, iron and manganese ore transportation grew by 2.8%, to 60.8 million tons. Coke transportation dropped by 2.4%, to 4.5 million tons, while scrap went up by 0.1%, to 2.8 million tons. Ferrous metals exports…
In January-October the consolidated throughput of NMTP terminals totaled 116.946 million tons, down by 2.4% YoY. Ferrous metals and pig iron accounted for 11.165 million tons, up by 11.3% YoY. Non-ferrous metals throughput dropped by 13.3%, to 0.826 million tons, and of iron ore raw materials – by 4.8%, to 2.011 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
On November 30 – December 6 the metal price index in Central region dropped by 2.17 points (or by 0.37%), to 587.65. Prices grew for hot-rolled sheet (by 0.39%) and for cold-rolled metal (by 0.26%). Rebars showed the most drop – by 1.71%, followed by beams (1.1%). Flat galvanized rolled metal lost 0.88% in price,…
The Electrotyazhmash works has concluded 6 agreements with Meta-Lux LLC for the delivery of metal valued at 194.24 UAH. Until the end of 2020 the company has to supply phosphorous-copper alloy at 314 UAH per kg, bronze rods at 281 UAH per kg, 2 types hot-rolled steel sheet at 37200 UAH and 30512 UAH per…
In November railroad sales of rolled steel and pipes by the major Russian companies totaled 5.05 million tons, down by 2.2% YoY. Deliveries to the local market dropped by 3.4%, to 2.73 million tons, and exports – by 0.6%, to 2.32 million tons. In January-November deliveries reached 57.8 million tons, up by 2.7% YoY. Local…
