On 22nd October 2019, nineteen steel industry associations in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia called for the governments of steelmaking economies to step up efforts to effectively tackle persistent global excess capacity in the steel sector, including by quickly implementing strong rules and remedies that reduce excess capacity, its impact and its causes. […]

MMC Consolidated Indicators for September and 9 months 2019 According to clarified data of the balance meeting in Association UKRMETALURGPROM, the September production was as follows: — Pig Iron – 1.75 Mt (96% to August 2019 production); — Steel – 1.75 Mt (90%); — Finished Products – 1.57 Mt (102%). For 9 months 2019 were […]

Pig Iron According to Worldsteel, for 8 month 2019 steelmaking countries of the world had produced 916.39 Mt of the pig iron, of which 855.14 Mt by BFs and 61.25 Mt as DRI. This exceeds the analogue period of 2018 (881.17 Mt) on 3.99%. The first place belongs to China, steelmakers of which in Jan-Aug […]

According to Association UKRMETALURGPROM, for 8 months of 2019 Ukrainian steelmakers had produced 12.52 Mt of metal products (102% to the same period of 2018) of which, according to ETR-Spectr Ltd, up to 10.64 Mt (or 85.0%) had been exported. For the same period of 2018 the share of export was 82.1% (10.08 Mt with […]

MMC Consolidated Indicators for August and 8 months 2019   According to clarified data of the balance meeting in Association UKRMETALURGPROM, the August production was as follows: — Pig Iron – 1.83 Mt (111% to July 2019 production); — Steel – 1.94 Mt (109%); — Finished Products – 1.54 Mt (102%).   For 8 months […]

Pig Iron   According to Worldsteel, for 7 month 2019 steelmaking countries of the world had produced 796.60 Mt of the pig iron, of which 745.07 Mt by BFs and 51.53 Mt as DRI. This exceeds the analogue period of 2018 (766.53Mt) on 3.92%.   The first place belongs to China, steelmakers of which in […]

MMC Consolidated Indicators for July and 7 months 2019   According to clarified data of the balance meeting in Association UKRMETALURGPROM, the July production was as follows: — Pig Iron – 1.65 Mt (108% to June 2019 production); — Steel – 1.78 Mt (108%); — Finished Products – 1.51 Mt (101%).   For 7 months […]

On 1st July 2019 the second period of the final safeguard measure implemented by the EC concerning the metal products import to EU countries had started.   On state of 12th August 2019 (11.75% of the covered period) the most consumed individual tariff quota is in category 13 (rebars) – the application level is 35.94%. […]

On 6th August 2019 the Euro-Asian Economic Commission, basing on the preliminary investigation, made the final decision concerning the implementation of the special safeguard measure in the form of a special quota towards hot-rolled flat products, imported to the EAEU, particularly, from South Korea and Ukraine. Extra-quota volumes are to be subject of 20% duty. […]

On 1st July 2019 the second period of the final safeguard measure implemented by the EC concerning the metal products import to EU countries had started.   On state of 30th July 2019 (8.20% of the covered period) the most consumed individual tariff quota is in category 13 (rebars) – the application level is 25.23%. […]