Ukraine’s cast iron production decreased by 1.8% in Jan 2022

According to Ukrmetalurgprom, Ukraine’s enterprises in January 2022, produced 1.77 million tonnes of cast iron (down 1.8% from the same period last year); 1.85 million tonnes of steel (up 0.7%); 1.67 million tonnes of rolled metal (up 0.9%).

As of February 11, 2022, the following main operating production facilities were in operation: 17 out of 21 blast furnaces, 7 out of 8 open-hearth furnaces, 13 out of 16 converters, 5 out of 15 electric-arc furnace and 16 out of 17 continuous casting machines.

In January 2022, the provision of enterprises with iron ore raw materials (IORM) was carried out in accordance with the needs of metallurgical production. There were no IORM imports over the reporting period, whereas IORM exports came to 3.85 million tonnes (up 4.3% from January 2022).

In January 2022, 1.14 million tonnes of coking coal were delivered to Ukrainian coking plants (up 0.5% from the same period last year), including 0.28 million tonnes of Ukrainian-produced coal and 0.86 million tonnes of imported coal.

The total amount of coke purchased by Ukrainian enterprises over the reporting period came to 0.772 million tonnes (up 6.0% from January 2021), including 0.668 million tonnes of Ukrainian-produced coke and 0.104 million tonnes of imported coke.

In addition, in January 2022, 237 thousand tonnes of scrap metal were collected (down 21.8% from the same period last year). Ukraine’s exports of scrap metal amounted to 6 thousand tonnes, which is 68.4% less.

In January 2022, domestic steelmaking industry consumed about 135 million cubic meters of natural gas (down 22.9% from the same period last year) and 1.01 billion kWh of electricity (up 6.3%).

As Ukrinform reported, according to Ukrmetalurgprom, Ukraine’s enterprises in 2021 produced 21.17 million tonnes of cast iron (up 3.6% from 2020); 21.37 million tonnes of steel (up 3.6%); and 19.08 million tonnes of rolled metal (up 3.5%).

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