In 2018 Ukraine is expected to increase steel output by 8% YoY, to 22.5-23.3 million tons. “This is our careful forecast. The growth will be 7.6-9.4%. These are quite achievable results, if we avoid such shocks as in 2017”, Ukrmetallurgprom president Alexander Kalenkov said. According to him, in 2017 Ukraine produced 21.3 million tons of…
As of the end of 2017 Ukraine has lost its 10th place among the leading world manufacturers of steel, according to World steel. Last year Ukraine produced 22.7 million tons of steel, down by 6.4% YoY. The global steel output last year totaled 1.675 billion tons, up by 5.5%. China remained the global leader with…
In February Ukraine is expected to produce 1.8 million tons of pig iron, 1.8 million tons of steel and 1.6 million tons of rolled metal. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, in 2017 Ukraine produced 20 million tons of pig iron, 21.3 million tons of steel and 18.4 million tons of rolled metal, all down by 15%, 12%…
In December 2017 Ukraine produced 1.87 million tons of pig iron, 1.88 million tons of steel and 1.7 million tons of rolled metal, all up by 3%, 0.4% and 7% MoM respectively. “Output increase in December 2017 was mostly thanks to Mariupol Iron and Steel Works and Zaporizhstal”, Ukrmetallurgprom reported. In January-December 2017 Ukraine produced…
In November Ukraine decreased steel output by 4.9% YoY, to 1.85 million tons, having retained the 13th place among 66 countries – main steel producers, according to Worldsteel. Ukraine lags behind Taiwan with 1.9 million tons, up by 8.6% YoY. The rating is headed by China with 66.151 million tons produced in November, up by…
Ukrmetallurgprom forecasts that in January 2018 Ukraine will produce 2 million tons of steel, 1.9 million tons of pig iron and 1.8 million tons of rolled metal. According to updated data, in November Ukraine produced 1.87 million tons of steel, 1.83 million tons of pig iron and 1.6 million tons of rolled metal. A slight…
In November Ukraine produced 1.87 million tons of steel, down by 3% MoM. Pig iron manufacture grew by 2%, to 1.83 million tons, while rolled metal dropped by 6%, to 1.6 million tons. “A slight decrease of steel and rolled metal output in November has to do with the scheduled and current repairs of the…
In January-October world steel output increased by 1.411 billion tons, according to World Steel Association. In October output grew by 5.9% YoY, to 145.25 million tons, with capacity loading at 73%. China manufactured 72.36 million tons of steel in October, followed by Japan (8.97 million tons), India (8.63 million tons), USA (7 million tons) and…