4 Oct 2010 13:48

Ukrainian steel majors boost output in 9 mths

(adds information for Azovstal, Enakiyive Steel)

KYIV. Oct 4 (Interfax) - Most of Ukraine's biggest steel mills boosted finished roll production in January-September.

ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih (formerly Kryvorizhstal), the country's biggest steel mill, said it raised finished roll production tentatively 23.3% year-on-year to 3.973 million tonnes.

Azovstal increased roll output 31.8% year-on-year to 3.844 million tonnes, and the Ilich works from Mariupol raised it 24.1% to 2.778 million tonnes.

Zaporizhstal edged roll output up 2.3% to 2.092 million tonnes, the Alchevsk Iron & Steel Works, a member of the Industrial Union of Donbass (IUD) group, cut roll output 19.5% year-on-year to 2.06 million tonnes, and IUD's Dzerzhinsky Metallurgical Combine (DMK) cut it 23.9% to 1.882 million tonnes.

Ukrainian iron and steel industry production in Jan-Sept 2010 by company:

Company 9 mths 2010, tonnes % change y-o-y (+/-) Sept 2010, tonnes
ARCELORMITTAL KRIVIY RIH
Finished roll 3,973,000 +23.3 448,000
Crude Steel 4,538,000 +28.9 512,000
Pig Iron 3,933,000 +27.5 447,000
AZOVSTAL
Finished roll 3,844,000 +31.8 459,300
Crude Steel 4,218,000 +31.2 492,900
Pig Iron 3,654,000 +31.4 418,200
ZAPORIZHSTAL
Finished roll 2,092,000 +2.3 249,000
Crude Steel 2,519,000 +3.8 290,000
Pig Iron 2,058,000 +1.4 225,000
ALCHEVSK IRON & STEEL WORKS
Finished roll 2,060,000 -19.5 231,000
Crude Steel 2,210,000 -21.2 225,000
Pig Iron 1,964,000 -22.4 195,000
DZERZHINSKY IRON & STEEL WORKS (DMK)
Finished roll 1,882,000 -23.9 210,000
Crude steel 2,003,000 -22.6 232,000
Pig iron 1,912,000 -20.8 214,000
ILICH IRON & STEEL WORKS, MARIUPOL (MMK)
Finished roll 2,778,000 +24.1 363,000
Crude Steel 4,049,000 +30.3 459,000
Pig Iron 3,407,000 +30.2 368,000
ENAKIYIVE STEEL (EMZ)
Finished roll 1,798,000 +6.4 186,000
Crude steel 1,927,000 +7.6 214,000
Pig iron 1,665,000 +5.1 185,000
MAKIYIVKA METALLURGICAL PLANT (MMZ) *
Finished roll 975,000 +79.9 131,000
Crude steel - - -
Pig iron - - -
PETROVSKY METALLURGICAL PLANT OF DNIPROPETROVSK (DMZ)
Finished roll 594,000 -10.1 60,000
Crude steel 665,000 -8.4 66,000
Pig iron 702,000 -0.4 82,000
DONETSK METALLURGICAL PLANT (DMZ)
Finished Roll 402,000 +13.6 43,000
Crude steel 407,000 +0.7 36,000
Pig iron 999,000 -1.3 111,000
DONETSK ELECTROMETALLURGICAL PLANT (DEMZ) (former ISTIL)
Finished roll 517,000 +63.6 92,000
Crude steel 535,000 +56.9 94,000
DNIPROSPETSSTAL
Finished roll 177,000 +77.0 25,000
Crude steel 283,000 +61.7 34,000

* Company has not produced crude steel or pig iron this year

Ukraine's steel industry boosted finished roll output 10% year-on-year in January-September to 21.544 million tonnes, the Dnipropetrovsk-based Metallurgprom association has said.

Crude steel production jumped 11% to 24.105 million tonnes and pig iron grew 8% to 20.293 million tonnes.