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21 February 2020
M&A activity in the sector is historically low
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- Ukraine’s revenues from ore exports jumped 2.1 times in June
- Ferrexpo ramped up production of DR iron ore pellets by 28% in H1
- Turkey increased imports of billets from Ukraine by 28% in 5M
- Scrap supplies to steelmakers increased by 26.3% in H1 2021
- Turkish Onur purchases a 37.5% share in a Ukrainian gold mining company
- Ukraine’s revenues from exports of metals jumped 58% in H1 2021
- Ferrexpo to put into operation a pilot 5 MW solar power plant in July
- Metinvest believes that EAF and hydrogen-based technologies are the future of...
- The European Union has designated 7 institutions to fund decarbonization
- Decarbonization of Ukraine’s steel industry requires $25 billion of capital i...
- Companies
- Ferrexpo ramped up production of DR iron ore pellets by 28% in H1
- The regulator expands Rudomine’s authorized iron ore mining area
- Interpipe decreased production in the railway segment by 24% in 5M
- Interpipe Steel increased steel production by 10.6% in 5M
- Ferrexpo produced 3.7 million tons of iron ore pellets in 4M
- Metinvest to build a cold-rolling shop with a 1.6 million ton annual capacity...
- Metinvest is exploring a possibility of building a plant for $3.5–4 billion
- Interpipe cut profit by 90% in Q1
- Metinvest increased revenue by 43% in Q1
- Metinvest produced 142 million tons of steel in 15 years
- Ecology
- Ferrexpo to put into operation a pilot 5 MW solar power plant in July
- Metinvest believes that EAF and hydrogen-based technologies are the future of...
- The European Union has designated 7 institutions to fund decarbonization
- Decarbonization of Ukraine’s steel industry requires $25 billion of capital i...
- Ukraine needs to develop its own decarbonization formula — opinion
- Around 350 decarbonization projects are at early implementation stage worldwide
- PEM technology enabled ArcelorMittal to reduce CO2 emissions by 25%
- Metinvest, Primetals and K1-MET to join efforts towards decarbonization
- Forum "Decarbonization of the steel industry: a challenge for Ukraine" has st...
- EBA: Ukraine can cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 40–45% by 2030
- Global Market
- Turkey increased imports of billets from Ukraine by 28% in 5M
- Turkey imported 112 thousand tons of pig iron from Ukraine in 4M
- Thailand extends import duties on Ukrainian HRC for another five years
- Ukraine climbed to the 9th place in WorldSteel ranking of steel exporters
- Ukraine suspects Chinese wire importers of dumping
- Ukraine filled its quota for exports of hollow sections to the EU
- ArcelorMittal cut steel production by 20% in January–March
- EEC extended duties on Ukraine-made steel pipes until February 2022
- Turkey increased imports of HRC from Ukraine 2.5 times in January
- The Cabinet of Ministers creates a working group to forge Ukraine’s position ...
- Industry
- Ukraine’s revenues from ore exports jumped 2.1 times in June
- Scrap supplies to steelmakers increased by 26.3% in H1 2021
- Turkish Onur purchases a 37.5% share in a Ukrainian gold mining company
- Ukraine’s revenues from exports of metals jumped 58% in H1 2021
- Ukrainian steelmakers increased steel production by 7.5% in H1 2021
- Construction output fell by 8.4% in May
- Industrial production growth in Ukraine slowed down to 5.4% in May
- Ukraine increased exports of titanium iron ores by 5% in 4M
- Consumption of rolled products in Ukraine grew by 9% in 5M
- Ukraine boosted revenues from exports of semi-finished products by 66% in May
- Infrastructure
- Freight traffic went up 4% in 5M
- Cargo transportation in Ukraine dropped by 3.6% in January–March
- Cargo transportation in Ukraine dropped by 2.2% in January
- Steelmakers increased railway shipments by 9.8% in January
- Ukraine’s cargo transportation fell by 11.2% in 2020
- Cargo transportation in Ukraine dropped by 11.6% in January–November
- The Ukrainian Railways to sell 380 thousand tons of scrap in 2021
- A new slag standard in Ukraine now in force
- Metinvest supplied 18.5 thousand tons of steel for a bridge in Genoa
- Ukraine’s iron ore exports through seaports grew by 49% in March
- Society
- Salaries in all segments of the mining & metals sector of Ukraine increased i...
- Salaries in the mining & metals sector decreased in most segments
- Salaries in all segments of the mining & metals sector increased in March
- Salaries in the mining & metals sector decreased for most positions
- Salaries of Ukrainian steelmakers increased by 15% in January
- ArcelorMittal cut occupational safety investment by 24.4% in 2020
- Salaries in the steel industry grew by 3% in 2020
- Salaries in the mining & metals sector of Ukraine slightly decreased in November
- Salaries in all segments of the mining & metals sector of Ukraine increased
- Salaries in the mining & metals sector of Ukraine slightly decreased
- State
- Ukraine boosted exports by 30% in H1 2021
- UMCC’s public sale for ₴3.7 billion is scheduled for 31 August
- The State Statistics Service scales down its GDP estimate to -2.2% in Q1
- Production in Ukraine’s steel industry ramped up by 29% in April
- The Cabinet of Ministers projects a 3.8% surge in Ukraine’s GDP in 2022
- Rada approves a subsoil use draft law in principle
- Industrial production in Ukraine increased by 13% in April
- Zelenskyi signs a law to extend the scrap export duty
- The State Statistics Service of Ukraine estimated a GDP drop in Q1 at 2%
- Ukraine invites Austria to invest in the extraction of lithium and titanium
- Technologies
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- No rules: protectionism is turning trade into an all-out war
- Black Jack: the story of a new iron ore deposit in Ukraine
- Mining & metals companies increased capital investment by 37% in 2019
- The peak price: high quotations play into the hands of mining companies
- Ukrainian steelmakers joined the fight against the coronavirus epidemic
- The misfortune came: the impact of the coronavirus on the steel industry
- The recession and revaluation inflicted losses on steelmakers
- Risks 2020: what steelmakers expect from the coming year
- Price review of the market of raw materials in the steel industry
- Falling sheet: price review of the flat products market
- Companies
- Ecology
- Global Market
- No rules: protectionism is turning trade into an all-out war
- The peak price: high quotations play into the hands of mining companies
- The misfortune came: the impact of the coronavirus on the steel industry
- Long products, low quotations: a review of the rebar market
- Two Ukrainian steel companies were left out of the game
- High iron ore prices boost exports of raw materials and rolled steel
- Russia introduces quotas for scrap exports: how will it affect Ukraine?
- Lower quotas, less steel: the EU steelmakers want tighter quotas
- Industry
- Mining & metals companies increased capital investment by 37% in 2019
- Ukrainian steelmakers joined the fight against the coronavirus epidemic
- The recession and revaluation inflicted losses on steelmakers
- Risks 2020: what steelmakers expect from the coming year
- Price review of the market of raw materials in the steel industry
- Falling sheet: price review of the flat products market
- Pipe playing: how many steel products does the oil & gas industry consume?
- Domestic steel: Ukrainian steel consumption in H1 2019
- Income from waste: Ukraine can double slag processing and exports
- What Ukrainian shipbuilders produced in 6 months
- Infrastructure
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- State
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- Ukraine should encourage the development of the processing industry
- Dnipro Metallurgical Plant reduced its CO2 emissions by 80% over five years
- Biofuel for Steel: How Ferrexpo Reduces Carbon Emissions
- What an investor really cares about is predictability of tax policy rather th...
- There is no need to gear rent payments in Kryvyi Rih to prices in China
- How decarbonization is changing the world
- Europe needs Ukraine as an industrial potential
- Businesses are ready to invest in BAT under understandable condition
- What future will ‘green’ transformation bring
- Environmental modernization needs government support
- Companies
- Ecology
- Dnipro Metallurgical Plant reduced its CO2 emissions by 80% over five years
- Biofuel for Steel: How Ferrexpo Reduces Carbon Emissions
- Ferrexpo invested over ₴891 million in environmental projects in 2.5 years
- Green transition: how to go green without going astray
- Slowly but surely: how soon the world will be decarbonized
- The carbon threat to Ukrainian exports to the EU
- Challenge for the coming decades
- Green steel production in Europe and in Ukraine
- Global Market
- Industry
- The introduction of the CBAM may worsen the position of steel industry
- CBAM introduction will not accelerate the environmental modernization of the ...
- The CBAM’s impact on the steel industry
- Environmental modernization of Ukraine’s steel industry is a long journey
- The rules have changed: protectionism is a new normal
- The impact of the quarantine: how to not lose the industry
- Why are there so many bankruptcies in the industry?
- The TOP 6 risks for Ukraine’s steel industry in 2020
- On the verge. What is going on in Ukraine’s steel industry?
- Why should Ukrainian steelmakers invest in development?
- Infrastructure
- Society
- State
- Ukraine should encourage the development of the processing industry
- What an investor really cares about is predictability of tax policy rather th...
- There is no need to gear rent payments in Kryvyi Rih to prices in China
- Europe needs Ukraine as an industrial potential
- Businesses are ready to invest in BAT under understandable condition
- What future will ‘green’ transformation bring
- Environmental modernization needs government support
- Economic stagnation is a key risk for climate policy
- The privatization is not a panacea
- What signals the Cabinet sent to the ukrainian business
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- Largest capital investments and investors in 2019
- The metal sector outspends other industries on environmental costs
- Mining & metals companies generate every eighth hryvnia of Ukraine’s GDP
- The global scrap market may shrink this year
- Consumers and shipment volumes of Ukrainian iron ore
- Capital investment in the mining & metals sector doubled in 5 years
- The industry recovers after a decline early this year
- How Ukraine’s steel industry resists global protectionism
- Environmental costs in the mining & metals sector grew by 25–30% in 2018
- The global market of hot-dip galvanized coils will continue to grow
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- Jim North: “Modernisation is a key factor in reducing our carbon footprint”
- Matt Simpson: “We would like to start construction by the end of 2021”
- Andreas Koller, “The industry is facing big technological transformations”
- Horst Wiesinger: “Quality! That is my advice for Ukrainian steelmakers”
- Mauro Longobardo, “We believe the government will not allow a suspension”
- Anatoliy Kinakh, “We are losing entire sectors of economy”
- Anna Derevyanko, “We have a chance to equalize the terms for doing business”
- Gabriel Sauer: «Business should invest in clean technology»
- Ugur Dalbeler: “There will be further production cuts in steel sector”
- Robert J. Mateer: “Steel will win out over aluminum in the automotive”
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- ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih
- Pokrov GOK (Mining and Processing Plant)
- Marganets GOK (Mining and Processing Plant)
- Zaporizhzhia Iron Ore Plant
- Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Plant
- Ingulets GOK (Mining and Processing Plant)
- Central GOK (Mining and Processing Plant)
- Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant
- Zaporizhzhia Coke Plant
- Yasynivka Coke Plant
- Coke
- Ferroalloys
- Flats
- Iron Ore
- ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih
- Pokrov GOK (Mining and Processing Plant)
- Marganets GOK (Mining and Processing Plant)
- Zaporizhzhia Iron Ore Plant
- Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Plant
- Ingulets GOK (Mining and Processing Plant)
- Central GOK (Mining and Processing Plant)
- Ferrexpo Poltava Mining
- Sukha Balka GOK (Mining and Processing Plant)
- Northern GOK (Mining and Processing Plant)
- Longs
- Pipes
- Semis