Imports of aluminum and its products fell 29.2% to $279.276 million, nickel and nickel products 43% to $55.795 million, zinc and its products 59.9% to $30.490 million, lead and its products 63.8% to $2.65 million and tin and its products 25% to $2.894 million.
Exports of aluminum and its products fell 39.1% to $83.556 million, nickel fell 72.5% to $1.086 million and lead 69.5% to $9.769 million, however zinc exports rose to $1.321 million from $254,000 and tin to $421,000 from $154,000.
Ukraine in January-May of this year increased imports of aluminum ores and concentrate (bauxite) in kind by 12.3% compared to the same period last year, to 2.185 million tonnes.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service on Tuesday, during this period, imports of bauxite in monetary terms increased 16.8%, to $99.393 million.
At the same time, aluminum ores were mainly imported from Guinea (60.15% of supplies in monetary terms), as well as from Brazil (22.26%) and Ghana (16.31%).
Ukraine in January-May 2021 re-exported bauxite in the amount of 94 tonnes for the tune of $19,000 to Poland (84.21%) and Germany (15.79%).
Export of aluminum and products from it in January-April-2021 grew by 46.4% compared to January-April 2020, to $49.551 million (in April – $13.167 million), lead and products from it by 60%, to $12.360 million ($2.723 million), nickel and products – by 31.2%, to $1.367 million ($0.352 million).
In addition, zinc exports in January-April-2021 amounted to $17,000 (in April – $7,000), while in January-April-2020 it was also $17,000. Export of tin and products in January-April-2020 amounted to $8,000 (in April – $3,000), while in January-April 2020 – $42,000.
In addition, Ukraine in January-April-2021 increased imports of nickel and products from it by 22.4% compared to the same period in 2020, to $32.750 million (in April – $9.428 million), aluminum and products from it – by 10% , to $129.966 million ($34.997 million). At the same time, it increased the import of lead and products from it by 3.1 times, to $4.603 million ($1.040 million), increased the import of tin and products from it by 43.5%, to $1.145 million ($402,000), and also increased zinc and zinc products by 90.7%, to $28.139 million ($9.561 million).
Ukraine in January-March this year increased imports of aluminum ores and concentrate (bauxite) in quantity terms by 6% compared to the same period last year, to 1.303 million tonnes.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service, during this period, bauxite imports in monetary terms increased by 11.8%, to $59.853 million.
At the same time, imports were carried out mainly from Guinea (56.17% of supplies in monetary terms), Brazil (25.86%) and Ghana (17.12%).
In January-March 2021, Ukraine re-exported 71 tonnes of bauxite for $15,000 to Poland (80%) and Germany (20%).
Mykolaiv Alumina Refinery LLC imports bauxite into Ukraine, the company is affiliated with United Company RUSAL (Russia). Alumina is produced from bauxite.
Ukraine, in January-October this year, increased imports of aluminum ores and concentrate (bauxite) in physical terms by 6.2% compared to the same period last year – up to 4.03 million tonnes.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service, during this period, the import of bauxite in monetary terms increased by 5% – to $190.937 million.
At the same time, imports were carried out mainly from Guinea (62.49% of supplies in monetary terms), Brazil (14.69%) and Ghana (14.30%).
In January-October 2020, 184 tonnes of bauxite for $29,000 were re-exported to Poland, while in 10 months of 2019, 22 tonnes were supplied to this country for $1,000.
PJSC Zaporizhia aluminum mill ZAlK after a long idle period has started smelting aluminum from secondary metals.
“Today, 300 kg of aluminum have been smelted from secondary raw materials – aluminum scrap,” the Interfax-Ukraine’s source said.
According to the source, this happened after a long downtime in production activities: “Before that, we had not smelted aluminum for a long time,” the source said.
According to the source, the smelting of only 300 kg does not mean the resumption of industrial production.
“So far there are no stable prospects,” the source said.
Previously, ZAlK was the only primary aluminum producer in Ukraine.
The owner of ZAlK in 2004 was the Russian group SUAL. In 2007, the plant came under the control of RusAl, created by the merger of the aluminum and alumina assets of RusAl, SUAL and the Swiss trader Glencore.
In many years of litigation, a verdict on the termination of contracts for the sale and purchase of 68.01% of ZalK’s shares and the return of this package to state ownership was issued.
According to the NDU, the State Property Fund (SPF) owns 68.0095% of the shares of PJSC ZalK, and Velbay Holding Ltd. (Cyprus, controlled by RusAl, Russia) holds 29.5363% of shares.
