Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works and Krasnodonugol, both subsidiaries of Metinvest Group, have halted operations. Production has been disrupted by the ongoing armed hostilities and a blockade of railway transportation between the controlled and the uncontrolled territory of Ukraine. Since the beginning of the conflict in the region, Yenakievo Steel has experienced erratic supplies of…
In January Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works, a part of Metinvest, produced 173 thousand tons of rolled metal, down by 1.1% YoY. Steel output increased by 15.2%, to 189 thousand tons, of pig iron – by 9%, to 173 thousand tons. In December 2016 the company produced 160 thousand tons of rolled metal, 154 thousand…
Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works cannot put its blast furnace No. 5 into operation because of the raw material deliveries problems on behalf of Ukrzaliznytsia. “The company has just finished repairing its BF5, but cannot put it into operation, and that’s some 45 thousand tons of pig iron in November alone (or $20 million). EMZ…
Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works is facing complete halt because of Ukrzaliznytsia. “EMZ that has just finished its blast furnace No. 5 repairs might not put into operation, and that’s some 45 thousand tons of pig iron or $20 million of revenues in November”, Ukrmetallurgprom chairman Alexander Kalenkov said. According to him, the works is…
In November Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works, a part of Metinvest, started producing angles of two new sizes. The products are intended for the local market and are sold through Metinvest-SMC network. 90x90x6 mm and 40x40x3 mm angles are produced according to DSTU 2251-93/GOST 8509-93. They are used in construction and machine building. The first…
June proved to be extremely unlucky for Ukrainian metal companies mostly because of the railroad strike. Steel smelting dropped by 19% MoM, to 1.87 million tons, pig iron output decreased by 20.5% MoM, to 1.79 million tons. Average daily steel output in June totaled 62.4 thousand tons as opposed to 73.2 thousand tons in May.…
Makeevka subsidiary of Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works plans to put its wire rod 150 mill into operation. “Rebar 390 mill is working normally and produces 1.2 thousand tons of metal daily”, said the company in its statement. The EMZ itself is constantly increasing output. “The company produces 2.8 thousand tons of pig iron, as…
Railroad transportation in the ATO zone has been renewed which allowed metal companies there to start working again. On June 13, Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works put the blast furnace into operation. Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works used to operate only one blast furnace but now intends to put the second one into operation as…