In January-June rolled metal deliveries to the local market went up by 34.8% YoY, to 1.93 million tons. Together with pipes delivery volumes totaled 2.15 million tons. In 2016 imports grew as well – by 58% YoY, to 0.31 million tons. Imports share went up from 13.9% in H1 2015 to 16.3% in H1 2016.…
In January-June Russia produced 29.7 million tons of rolled metal, down by 600 thousand tons YoY. Rolled sections output dropped by 3.8% YoY, to 9 million tons, while hot-rolled sheet manufacture increased by 1.3%, to 13.7 million tons. At the same time cold-rolled sheet output fell by 5.4% YoY, to 9.8 million tons. Billets for…
In 2015 Ukraine exported 3.1 million tons of rolled metal, down by 15.3% YoY, and earned $6.4 billion, down by 39% YoY.