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…
The main way of producing steel in October was oxygen-converter method, accounting for 71.7% (1.36 million tons out of 1.896 million tons). Then comes open-hearth furnace with 22.12% (419 thousand tons), followed by electric arc furnace (6.18%, 117 thousand tons). In January-October oxygen-converter shops produced 12.3 million tons of steel out of 17.7 million tons…
In October Ukraine produced 1.8 million tons of pig iron, 1.9 million tons of steel and 1.7 million tons of rolled metal, down by 3%, 2%, and up by 2% MoM respectively. As of the end of October 18 out of 28 blast furnaces (64%), 8 out of open-hearth furnaces (89%), 14 out of 21…
In September Ukraine dropped to the 13th position in the World Steel Association rating of 67 countries. Ukrainian steel output totaled 1.845 million tons, down by 0.8% YoY. China is leading, as always, with 71.827 million tons, up by 5.3%. Italy now occupies Ukraine’s previous month position (11) with 2.174 million tons, up by 8.3%…
Ukrmetallurgprom believes that this year steel output will fall by 12% YoY, to 21 million tons. Pig iron and rolled metal manufacture will drop by 14%, to 20 million tons and 18 million tons respectively. “In comparison with the year 2007 pig iron output decreased by 15 million tons (by 43%), steel – by 21…
In August Ukraine produced 939 thousand tons of steel, not counting continuous-cast semi-finished products, up by 0.5% YoY, but down by 3.7% MoM. According to the State Statistics Service, the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and a part of the Antiterrorist operation zone are not taken into account. Steel output in 8 months decreased by…
In August Ukraine ascended one more step in the 67-country Worldsteel rating, to the 11th position. Ukraine produced 1.8 million tons of steel, down by 5.5% YoY. China is still No. 1 in the world with 74.594 million tons of steel, up by 8.7% in August. To get back to the top-10, Ukraine has to…
Ukrmetallurgprom forecasts that in October Ukraine will produce 2 million tons of steel, 1.9 million tons of pig iron and 1.7 million tons of rolled metal. In August steel output totaled 1.925 million tons, pig iron – 1.817 million tons, and rolled metal – 1.609 million tons. In January-August Ukraine decreased steel manufacture by 16%…