Ukrainian steel majors up output in 2 mths
KYIV. March 2(Interfax) - Most of Ukraine's steel majors boosted finished roll production in January-February.
ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih (formerly Kryvorizhstal), the country's biggest steel mill, raised finished roll production tentatively 18.4% year-on-year to 804,000 tonnes, the company told Interfax.
Azovstal said it increased roll output 87.6% year-on-year to 859,000 tonnes, Zaporizhstal reduced it 9.5% to 409,000 tonnes and the Ilich works from Mariupol raised it 54% to 619,000 tonnes.
The Alchevsk Iron & Steel Works, a member of the Industrial Union of Donbass (IUD) group, cut roll output 26.3% year-on-year to 423,000 tonnes, and IUD's Dzerzhinsky Metallurgical Combine (DMK) cut it 22.4% to 455,000 tonnes.
Ukrainian iron and steel industry production in the first two months of 2010 by company:
| Company | Jan-Feb 2010, tonnes | % change y-o-y (+/-) | Feb 2010, tonnes |
| ARCELORMITTAL KRIVIY RIH | |||
| Finished roll | 804,000 | +18.4 | 189,000 |
| Crude Steel | 953,000 | +36.9 | 225,000 |
| Pig Iron | 839,000 | +33.2 | 197,000 |
| AZOVSTAL | |||
| Finished roll | 859,000 | +87.6 | 403,000 |
| Crude Steel | 923,000 | +83.5 | 436,000 |
| Pig Iron | 784,000 | +18.6 | 373,800 |
| ZAPORIZHSTAL | |||
| Finished roll | 409,000 | -9.5 | 196,000 |
| Crude Steel | 492,000 | -11.7 | 236,000 |
| Pig Iron | 423,000 | -8.6 | 202,000 |
| ALCHEVSK IRON & STEEL WORKS | |||
| Finished roll | 423,000 | -26.3 | 189,000 |
| Crude Steel | 480,000 | -21.4 | 225,000 |
| Pig Iron | 415,000 | -24.3 | 197,000 |
| DZERZHINSKY IRON & STEEL WORKS (DMK) | |||
| Finished roll | 455,000 | -22.4 | 187,000 |
| Crude steel | 498,000 | -19.8 | 201,000 |
| Pig iron | 491,000 | -14.5 | 225,000 |
| ILICH IRON & STEEL WORKS, MARIUPOL (MMK) | |||
| Finished roll | 619,000 | +54.0 | 305,000 |
| Crude Steel | 847,000 | +42.8 | 417,000 |
| Pig Iron | 715,000 | +42.4 | 354,000 |
| ENAKIYIVE STEEL (EMZ) | |||
| Finished roll | 388,800 | +3.4 | 188,300 |
| Crude steel | 397,200 | -1.2 | 191,200 |
| Pig iron | 348,300 | +0.7 | 168,600 |
| MAKIYIVKA METALLURGICAL PLANT (MMZ) * | |||
| Finished roll | 171,000 | +71.0 | 86,000 |
| Crude steel | - | - | - |
| Pig iron | - | - | - |
| DNIPROSPETSSTAL | |||
| Finished Roll | 35,000 | +29.6 | 19,000 |
| Crude steel | 53,000 | +47.2 | 26,000 |
| PETROVSKY METALLURGICAL PLANT OF DNIPROPETROVSK (DMZ) | |||
| Finished roll | 157,000 | +7.5 | 75,000 |
| Crude steel | 169,000 | +9.7 | 79,000 |
| Pig iron | 161,000 | +8.1 | 77,000 |
| DONETSK METALLURGICAL PLANT (DMZ) | |||
| Finished Roll | 91,000 | +11.0 | 43,000 |
| Crude steel | 97,000 | -11.8 | 48,000 |
| Pig iron | 243,000 | +26.6 | 112,000 |
| DONETSK ELECTROMETALLURGICAL PLANT (DEMZ) (former ISTIL) | |||
| Finished Roll | 34,000 | -69.4 | 10,000 |
| Crude steel | 33,000 | -70.5 | 10,000 |
However steel industry output slowed considerably on a year-on-year basis from January:
Ukrainian iron and steel industry production in Jan 2010, by company:
| Company | Jan 2010, tonnes | 2010/2009 % (+/-) | Dec 2009, tonnes |
| ARCELORMITTAL KRIVIY RIH | |||
| Finished roll | 448,000 | +32.9 | 430,000 |
| Crude Steel | 534,000 | +80 | 514,000 |
| Pig Iron | 465,000 | +60 | 443,000 |
| AZOVSTAL | |||
| Finished roll | 458,800 | +110 | 427,000 |
| Crude Steel | 486,600 | +100 | 468,000 |
| Pig Iron | 411,400 | +98.1 | 411,000 |
| ZAPORIZHSTAL | |||
| Finished roll | 213,000 | -4.1 | 229,000 |
| Crude Steel | 256,000 | -3.7 | 259,000 |
| Pig Iron | 221,000 | -2.2 | 218,000 |
| ALCHEVSK IRON & STEEL WORKS | |||
| Finished roll | 233,000 | -14.7 | 227,000 |
| Crude Steel | 255,000 | -13.0 | 256,000 |
| Pig Iron | 219,000 | -16.7 | 215,000 |
| DZERZHINSKY IRON & STEEL WORKS (DMK) | |||
| Finished roll | 268,000 | -13.3 | 295,000 |
| Crude steel | 296,000 | -11.4 | 321,000 |
| Pig iron | 266,000 | -14.7 | 397,000 |
| ILICH IRON & STEEL WORKS, MARIUPOL (MMK) | |||
| Finished roll | 314,000 | +61.9 | 323,000 |
| Crude Steel | 430,000 | +66 | 444,000 |
| Pig Iron | 361,000 | +61.2 | 378,000 |
| ENAKIYIVE STEEL (EMZ) | |||
| Finished roll | 200,000 | unchanged | 180,000 |
| Crude steel | 206,000 | Unchanged | 209,000 |
| Pig iron | 180,000 | +1.7% | 184,000 |
| DNIPROSPETSSTAL | |||
| Finished Roll | 21,000 | +50 | 19,000 |
| Crude steel | 26,000 | +36.8 | 27,000 |
| PETROVSKY METALLURGICAL PLANT OF DNIPROPETROVSK (DMZ) | |||
| Finished roll | 82,000 | +2.5 | 92,000 |
| Crude steel | 90,000 | +12.5 | 103,000 |
| Pig iron | 84,000 | +10.5 | 96,000 |
| DONETSK METALLURGICAL PLANT (DMZ) | |||
| Finished Roll | 49,000 | +16.7 | 24,000 |
| Crude steel | 49,000 | +18.3 | 27,000 |
| Pig iron | 130,000 | +31.3 | 129,000 |
| DONETSK ELECTROMETALLURGICAL PLANT (DEMZ, former ISTIL) | |||
| Finished roll | 24,000 | -38.5 | 56,000 |
| Crude steel | 23,000 | -47.7 | 55,000 |
Ukraine's steel industry boosted finished roll output 11% year-on-year in January-February to 4.514 million tonnes, the Industrial Policy Ministry said. Crude steel production grew 12% to 5.069 million tonnes and pig iron grew 15% to 4.42 million tonnes.
However in January 2010, the industry boosted finished roll output 20% year-on-year to 2.434 million tonnes, crude steel production jumped 26% to 2.726 million tonnes and pig iron grew 25% to 2.338 million tonnes.
Steel industry output in Ukraine started to plummet in August 2008 due to a drop in demand, particularly in October-December. Some steel mills stopped some of their capacity. However some signs of improvement were seen in May.
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