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21 February 2020
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- Scrap supplies to steelmakers increased by 53.7% in January
- Ukrainian steelmakers increased export revenues by 4.5% in January
- Construction output grew by 4% in 2020
- Southern GOK shut down its sinter shop
- Metinvest increased steel production by 9% in 2020
- Ukraine’s cargo transportation fell by 11.2% in 2020
- The Ministry of Strategic Industries set 5 priorities for 2021
- Ukraine moved to the ‘orange zone’ of quarantine restrictions staring 25 January
- Production of freight cars fell by 70.1% in 2020
- Industrial production in Ukraine decreased by 5.2% in 2020
- Companies
- Southern GOK shut down its sinter shop
- Metinvest increased steel production by 9% in 2020
- Dniprospetsstal ramped up production of rolled products by 1.3% in 2020
- Interpipe decreased production in the railway segment by 8.3% in 2020
- ArcelorMittal cut production of rolled products by 7.6% in 2020
- Interpipe reduced sales of pipes by 21% in 2020
- Interpipe reduced sales of railway products by 5.4% in 2020
- Azovstal ramped up production of rolled products by 2.7% in 2020
- Ilyich Iron and Steel Works ramped up production of rolled products by 12.4% ...
- Centravis reduced production of stainless pipes by 9% in 2020
- Ecology
- Business named environmental priorities for 2021
- The Ukrainian Parliament registered a draft law on industrial emissions allow...
- Ukraine to seek funding for participating in the European Green Deal
- Ukravtodor is going to increase the use of slag in road construction
- Business calls on the Government to step up the launch of the market for CO2
- Steelmakers and road builders agreed to step up slag recycling
- The Ministry of Natural Resources named priorities of the climate policy
- Business advocates the increased use of slags in road construction
- Metinvest has invested ₴22.5 billion in the environment in Kryvyi Rih
- Business calls to impose moratorium on a hike in environmental tax
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- The Eurasian Union lifted restrictions on imports of Ukraine-made railway wheels
- Duties on wire rod did not stop imports from Moldova
- EEC extends duties on Ukrainian stainless pipes
- HWC facilitated environmental transformation of two European steel companies
- EEC initiates repeated anti-dumping investigation concerning Ukrainian pipes
- Nine Chinese companies will control 75% of steel production — SteelHome
- SteelHome predicts a 5.6% reduction in China’s imports of iron ore in 2021
- SteelHome predicts a 0.8% increase in steel consumption in China in 2021
- World Steel Dynamics says steel prices will grow by 2% in 2021
- The UK will have its own steel import quotas from 1 January
- Industry
- Scrap supplies to steelmakers increased by 53.7% in January
- Ukrainian steelmakers increased export revenues by 4.5% in January
- Construction output grew by 4% in 2020
- Production of freight cars fell by 70.1% in 2020
- Ukraine cut ferroalloy production by 28.6% in 2020
- Ukraine reduced pipe production by 16.3% in 2020
- Consumption of rolled products in Ukraine increased by 4.4% in 2020
- Scrap stocks fell by 4% in 2020
- Ukraine’s imports of coking coals fell by 6.4% in 2020
- Ukrainian steelmakers ramped up production of rolled products by 1.2% in 2020
- Infrastructure
- 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
- Rail transportation of metals fell by 5% in 2019
- Ukrainian seaports increased iron ore transshipment by one third in 2019
- Ukraine’s housing construction grew by 2% in 10 months
- Construction metal prices dropped by 10.5% over 10 months
- Society
- 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
- Salaries in the mining & metals sector of Ukraine increased for most position...
- Salaries in the mining & metals sector of Ukraine slightly decreased in June
- Average salaries in the steel industry increased by 3.5% in May
- Interpipe allocated ₴36 million to support health care facilities
- Ferrexpo spent more than ₴21.5 million to help hospitals
- Average salaries in the mining & metals sector increased in all segments
- Rinat Akhmetov to donate ₴300 million to combat the coronavirus outbreak
- State
- The Ministry of Strategic Industries set 5 priorities for 2021
- Ukraine moved to the ‘orange zone’ of quarantine restrictions staring 25 January
- Industrial production in Ukraine decreased by 5.2% in 2020
- The NBU estimates a 4.4% decline in Ukraine’s GDP in 2020
- The Ministry of Economy expects a 3% drop in Ukraine’s GDP in Q1
- The World Bank improves forecast for Ukraine’s GDP in 2021 to 3%
- Ukraine launches an investigation into imports of rolled products from China
- Industrial production in Ukraine declined by 0.3% in November
- The Parliament ratifies a free trade agreement with UK
- The Government toughens lockdown restrictions from 8 to 24 January
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- 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
- Long products, low quotations: a review of the rebar market
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- Ecology
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- 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
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- At their peak the prices arrive. What should we expect, subsequent dive?
- Ferrexpo invested over ₴891 million in environmental projects in 2.5 years
- Green transition: how to go green without going astray
- What does the deal between ArcelorMittal and Cleveland-Cliffs mean?
- Slowly but surely: how soon the world will be decarbonized
- The carbon threat to Ukrainian exports to the EU
- Why the steel industry needs blockchain
- 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?
- Companies
- Ecology
- 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 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?
- The reverse side of revaluation
- What new EU quotas mean for Ukrainian steelmakers
- What Ukrainian steelmakers can expect in 2019
- Raw materials exports are not economically backward. When can export of semi-...
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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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- 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”
- Horst Wiesinger: “Professionalism becomes increasingly important”
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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