Enterprises for operations with scrap ferrous metals in January-November this year increased the procurement of scrap metal by 36.6% compared to the same period last year - up to 3 million 783.6 thousand tons.

Decision of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine approves the list of metallic ores and non-metallic minerals of strategic importance for the sustainable development of the economy and national defense.

Fitch Solution rating agency said: “We maintain gloomy prospects for the Ukrainian steel industry in the coming years, due to the ongoing conflict in the Donbass, which disrupts the vital supply chain for steel producers.

September was one of the most unlucky months for steel companies in recent years.

Ukraine in January-September this year increased exports of pig iron in physical terms by 6.4% compared to the same period last year - up to 2 million 441.195 thousand tons.

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih PJSC (AMKR, Dnipropetrovsk Region) supports the initiative of Ukrmetallurgprom and Ukrtruboprom associations of companies to ban the export of ferrous metal scrap until 2024 to preserve the stable operation of domestic metallurgical enterprises.

In October 2019, the Zaporizhstal Steel Mill increased steel production by 5.9% compared to the same period last year, to 349.1 thousand tons. This was reported by the press service of the enterprise.

In September 2019, Zaporizhstal reduced the production of pig iron, steel and rolled products compared to September 2018, the company’s report says.

The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine has published a draft decree of the Cabinet of Ministers on a temporary - until the end of 2022 - ban on the export of scrap metal from the country, which the Ukrmetallurgprom association has recently insisted on.

For six months, almost ten million tons of ferrous metals were exported from Ukraine for a total of more than six billion US dollars.

Rolled metal production in Ukraine for 9 months of 2019 amounted to 14.09 million tons, which is 2% more than in the same period last year (APPG), of which about 11.67 million were exported, according to information from ETR-Spectrum LLC tons, or 82.8%.

In September, compared with the previous month, the metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine increased the production of rolled metal, but reduced the production of steel and cast iron

Iron ore prices continue to fall amid China's restrictions on steel production as part of the country's policy to reduce harmful emissions.

In 2019, the metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine produced: pig iron 20.05 million tons (-2.5% by 2018), steel - 20.8 million tons (-1.3%), rolled products - 18.16 million tons (-1 ,1%). This is evidenced by operational data of OP “Ukrmetallurgprom”.

According to the results of September, blast furnace iron smelting in 38 countries of the world increased by 0.1% compared to the same period in 2018, to 104.07 million tons, according to the World Steel Association.

According to the World Steel Association (WSA, worldsteel), in August 2019, 646 countries that submit their statistics to this organization produced 156.0 million tons of steel, 3.4% more than the same last year period. The average daily production volume amounted to 5.034 million tons, which is only 0.1% less than in July.

Aluminum continues to rise in price, and many experts expect this trend to continue, noting the growing demand for the metal with a possible shortage of supply.

Dneprovsky Metallurgical Plant (DMK), one of the Ukrainian manufacturers and exporters of billets, said that blast furnace No. 12 will be restarted.

According to the International Aluminum Institute, in September 2019, the production of primary aluminum in the world amounted to 5.163 million tons, compared to 5.407 million tons a month earlier.

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Ukraine's steelmakers in January-August this year increased their revenues from ferrous metals exports by 73.15% year-on-year to $8.93bn, according to operational data.

Revenue from exports of ferrous metals for 11 months of 2019 amounted to $ 8.2 billion.

The Kramatorsk Association of PJSC Energomashspetsstal shipped to the metallurgical plant ISD Dunaferr Zrt. a batch of backup rolls with a total weight of 96.7 tons. This is stated in the message EMSS.

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Ukraine's ferroalloys companies in January-July this year increased their output by 0.9% year-on-year to 498,69 thousand tonnes, including 83,89 thousand tonnes in July.

The global market for metallurgical raw materials is approaching the end of 2019 in a good mood. The cost of scrap metal reached $ 300 per ton CFR, and traders expect continued growth in January in all major regional markets.

In the markets of metallurgical raw materials, their processes are again developing, different from those that are now in the sector of steel products.

In October 2019, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises plan to produce 1.95 million tons of steel. Such a forecast is contained in the materials of the Ukrmetallurgprom OP for the monthly final meeting.

Metallurgical enterprises in Ukraine are expected to increase steel production by 6.3% in 2021 compared to 2020 - up to 21.921 million tons.

The Eurofer Association of European Steel Manufacturers welcomes the adoption by the European Commission of the European Green Deal concept for a transition to carbon-free metallurgy. This is stated in the published commentary of the association.

According to the forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine, according to the results of the current year, Ukrainian metallurgical companies will increase steel production by 4% compared to 2018 to 21.927 million tons, Interfax reports.

In October 2019, the metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine intend to increase steel production by 5.4% compared with the forecast for September - to 1.95 million tons from 1.85 million tons. This was reported by Interfax-Ukraine with reference to the information certificate of the association “Ukrmetallurgprom”.

Ukraine's coke and chemical plants (CCPs) imported 5.34m tonnes of raw coking coal and coking coal concentrate in January-July this year, down 4.8% from the same period last year.

According to the Ukrmetallurgprom OP, for 10 months of 2019, steel smelting and metal production in Ukraine increased slightly year-on-year, pig iron smelting remained at last year's level.

The first decade of this month was calm in the world market. Chinese companies were absent from it until October 8, and in the first days after the resumption of transactions, nothing significant happened.

Place and time of the conference: October 10-11, 2019, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Sukhaya Balka mine (Krivoy Rog, Dnipropetrovsk Region), part of Oleksandr Iaroslavskyi's DCH group, increased production of commercial iron ore by 1.8% up to 1 million 551.768 thousand tons in January-July this year, compared to the same period last year.

According to statistics, Ukrainian exports of ferroalloys decreased by 3.5% year-on-year to 90.43 million tonnes in about 2018 compared to the previous year.

The Antimonopoly Committee (AMCU) has begun consideration of the case of concentration in the form of the acquisition by the Cypriot company Vesco Limited of shares in PJSC Chasovoyarsk Refractory Plant in the Donetsk region, which ensures the excess of 50% of the votes in the supreme governing body of the company. This was reported by the press service of the Committee, reports БизнесЦензор.

In the first half of 2019, capital investments in the metallurgical production and production of finished metal products (except machinery and equipment) grew by 38.3% and reached UAH 12.33 billion.

The company begins a comprehensive reconstruction of blast furnace No. 9, which is estimated to cost about $270 million.

The Metinvest group completed the first phase of the overhaul of the 1700 hot rolling mill at the Mariupol Metallurgical Plant named after Ilyich. This was announced today by the Director General of the company Taras Shevchenko in a presentation for key customers of the company from 19 countries in Mariupol, the Ministry of Industry reports.

In January-September 2019, the Dneprospetsstal Electrometallurgical Plant (Zaporozhye) reduced the output of finished steel by 9.5% compared to the 9 months of 2018 to 113.7 thousand tons. This was reported by Interfax-Ukraine with reference to data from unnamed company representative.