In January-October of this year, Ukrainian enterprises increased their consumption of rolled metal products by 94.51% compared to the same period last year, up to 2 million 903.5 thousand tons.
According to a press release issued by Ukrmetallurgprom, 937.5 thousand tons, or 32.29% of the domestic rolled metal consumption market, were imported during this period.
According to Ukrmetallurgprom, in January-October 2023, Ukrainian steelmakers produced 4.37 million tonnes of rolled metal products (87% compared to the same period in 2022), of which, according to the Expert Scientific Council (ESC) of UAVtormet, about 2.4 million tonnes, or 55.9%, were exported. In the same period of 2022, the share of exports was 79.7% (4 million tons with a total production of 5.02 million tons of rolled metal products).
The share of semi-finished products in export deliveries for 10 months of 2023 amounted to 43.14%, which is comparable to the same period in 2022 (44.34%). The share of flat products in export deliveries for 10 months of 2023 is almost the same as in January-October 2022 (37.02% and 37.25%, respectively); the same picture is observed for long products (19.84% in 2023 vs. 19.41% in 2022).
“In January-October 2023, the domestic market capacity amounted to 2903.5 thousand tons of rolled steel, of which 937.5 thousand tons, or 32.29%, were imported. In the same period of 2022, the domestic market capacity amounted to 1492.7 thousand tons, of which 475.7 thousand tons, or 31.87%, were imported. Thus, for 10 months of 2023, there was an increase in the domestic market capacity by 94.51% compared to January-October 2022, with a simultaneous increase in the share of the import component by 0.42%,” the press release states.
The structure of imports in January-October 2023 is still characterized by a significant dominance of flat products over long products (75.50% and 24.44%, respectively); in the same period of 2022, the dominance of flat products over long products was also significant (66.16% and 32.69%, respectively).
The main export markets for Ukrainian steel products in January-October 2023, according to the data of the ETS “UAVtormet”, are the countries of the European Union (84.1%) and the rest of Europe (7.3%).
Other European countries ranked first among metallurgical importers in 10 months of 2023 (39.9%), followed by the EU-27 (38.2%), and Asia (19.7%).
In January-October this year, Zaporizhzhia Iron and Steel Works “Zaporizhstal” increased its rolled steel output by 40.6% year-on-year to 1 million 652.5 thousand tons.
According to the company’s information on Thursday, steel production during this period increased by 49.7% to 1 million 997.5 thousand tons, and pig iron production by 27.1% to 2 million 190.3 thousand tons.
In October 2023, Zaporizhstal produced 267.3 thousand tons of iron, 251.7 thousand tons of steel, and shipped 208.6 thousand tons of rolled products, while in the previous month it produced 257.9 thousand tons of iron, 239.7 thousand tons of steel, and shipped 200.4 thousand tons of rolled products, and in October 2022 – 157 thousand tons of iron, 121.7 thousand tons of steel, and 101.8 thousand tons of rolled products.
“The increase in production in October 2023 compared to the same period last year is due to the removal of blast furnace No. 2 from hot mothballing and the establishment of three blast furnaces,” the press release explains.
As a reminder, due to the escalation of hostilities in the region, Metinvest Group put some of Zaporizhstal’s equipment into hot mothballing mode in early March 2022. At the end of March of the same year, the plant partially resumed the operation of its cold rolling mill to produce and ship cold-rolled coils to European customers. A month after the forced shutdown, the plant brought its equipment out of mothballing and partially resumed production. The plant is currently operating at an average of 70% of its capacity.
As reported, in 2022, Zaporizhstal reduced its rolled steel output by 60.4% compared to 2021, to 1 million 304.3 thousand tons, steel by 61.7%, to 1 million 491.3 thousand tons, and pig iron by 54.3%, to 2 million 9.9 thousand tons.
“Zaporizhstal is one of the largest industrial enterprises in Ukraine, whose products are in great demand among consumers both in the domestic market and in many countries around the world. The plant specializes in high-quality steel hot-rolled coils, hot-rolled sheets, cold-rolled sheets, cold-rolled coils made of carbon and low-alloy steels, as well as steel strips, ferrous tin, and bent sections.
The main consumers of the products are producers of welded pipes, automotive, transport and agricultural machinery companies, and manufacturers of household appliances.
“Zaporizhstal is in the process of integration into Metinvest Group, whose major shareholders are System Capital Management (71.24%) and Smart Holding Group (23.76%).
Metinvest Holding LLC is the management company of Metinvest Group.
Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMZ, formerly Dniprokoks), a part of DCH Steel of businessman Aleksandr Yaroslavsky’s DCH group, produced 8.5 thousand tons of rolled steel in September this year, increasing production by 91.6% y-o-y and 97.4% y-o-y in September 2022.
According to information in the corporate newspaper DCH Steel on Thursday, coke production last month decreased by 19% compared to August 2023, but increased by 61.3% compared to September 2022, to 20.9 thousand tons.
It is specified that in September, rolling shop No. 1 produced SVP-33 mine support and R-34 mine rails, and rolling shop No. 2 produced mine support and structural shapes.
The coke and chemicals business increased output of blast furnace coke for steel mills, and produced coal coke and chemical products.
In total, in the first nine months of 2023, DMZ produced 82.6 thousand tons of rolled metal products (+82.4% compared to the same period in 2022) and 219 thousand tons of coke (+36.2%).
As a reminder, DMZ resumed rolled steel production after a three-month shutdown in April 2022. Last year, the plant reduced its rolled steel production by 74.2% to 58.4 thousand tons compared to 2021, and coke production by 56.3% to 211.3 thousand tons.
DMZ specializes in the production of steel, pig iron, rolled products and products made from them. On March 1, 2018, DCH Group signed an agreement to buy Dnipro Metallurgical Plant from Evraz.
In January-August this year, Ukrainian enterprises increased their consumption of rolled metal products by 92.46% year-on-year to 2.322 million tons.
According to a press release issued by Ukrmetallurgprom, 706.5 thousand tons, or 30.43% of the domestic rolled metal consumption market, were imported during this period.
According to Ukrmetallurgprom, in January-August 2023, Ukrainian steelmakers produced 3.406 million tons of rolled steel (76.1% compared to the same period in 2022), of which, according to the Expert and Scientific Council of UAVtormet, about 1.791 million tons, or 52.6%, were exported. In the same period of 2022, the share of exports amounted to about 80.3% (3.595 million tons with a total production of 4.477 million tons of rolled metal products).
The share of semi-finished products in export deliveries for the first eight months of 2023 amounted to 43.59%, which is comparable to the same period in 2022 (44.21%). The share of flat products in exports in the first eight months of 2023 is significantly lower than in January-August 2022 (34.92% and 38.20%, respectively). The share of long products in export deliveries for the first eight months of 2023 is significantly higher than in the same period of 2022 (21.50% in 2023 vs. 17.60% in 2022).
“In January-August 2023, the domestic market capacity amounted to 2.322 million tons of rolled steel, of which 706.5 thousand tons or 30.43% were imported. In the same period of 2022, the domestic market capacity amounted to 1 million 206.5 thousand tons, of which 324.7 thousand tons, or 26.91%, were imported. Thus, in the first eight months of 2023, there was an increase in the domestic market capacity by 92.46% compared to January-August 2022, with a simultaneous increase in the share of the import component by 3.51%,” the press release states.
The structure of imports in January-August 2023 is characterized by a significant dominance of flat products over long products (75.41% and 24.50%, respectively); in the same period of 2022, the dominance of flat products over long products was slightly lower, but also noticeable (59.04% and 39.27%, respectively).
The main export markets for Ukrainian steel products in January-August 2023, according to the data of the United National Research and Production Association “UVTORMET”, are the countries of the European Union (85.5%) and the rest of Europe (7.1%).
Among metallurgical importers in the first eight months of 2023, the first place is occupied by other European countries (38.6%), the second by the EU-27 (38.4%), and the third by Asian countries (20.6%).
Zaporizhstal steelmaker Zaporizhstal in January-June this year increased shipment of rolled steel by 1.8% compared to the same period of the last year – up to 844.2 thousand tons.
According to the company, smelting steel during this period rose by 10.5% to 1 million 18.9 thousand tons, and iron – by 1.1%, to 1 million 145.8 thousand tons.
In June 2023, Zaporizhstal produced 131.9 thousand tons of cast iron (in June 2022 – 72.8 thousand tons), 159.4 thousand tons of steel (69.6 thousand tons), shipped 199.1 thousand tons of rolled steel (146.9 thousand tons).
“The increase in production levels in June 2023 compared to the same period last year was due to the withdrawal of blast furnace No. 2 from hot preservation mode and the adjustment of the operating mode of three blast furnaces,” the press release explains.
At the same time, production went down in May. Thus, in the previous month was produced 229.6 thousand tons of iron, 213.3 thousand tons of steel, but the shipment of steel was lower – 180.5 thousand tons.
It’s worth mentioning that due to intensified military operations in the region, since the beginning of March 2022 Metinvest Group has put some of Zaporizhstal’s equipment into hot standby. At the end of March of the same year the plant partially resumed cold-rolling shop operation for production and shipment of cold-rolled coils to European consumers. A month after the forced shutdown the mill put the equipment out of conservation and partially resumed production. Since April 2022 the mill has been working at an average of 50% capacity.
As it was reported, in 2022 “Zaporizhstal” decreased the output of rolled steel by 60.4% compared to 2021 – down to 1 million 304.3 thousand tons, steel – by 61.7% to 1 million 491.3 thousand tons, iron – by 54.3%, to 2 million 9.9 thousand tons.
“Zaporizhstal” is one of the biggest industrial enterprises in Ukraine, which products are in great demand among the consumers on the internal market and in many countries of the world. The plant specializes in high-quality carbon and low-alloy steel coils, hot-rolled plates, cold-rolled sheets, cold-rolled coils, as well as steel straps, tin plates, formed sections.
Main consumers are producers of welded pipes, enterprises of automotive, transport, agricultural engineering, producers of household appliances.
“Zaporizhstal is currently in the process of integration into Metinvest Group the main shareholders of which are CJSC “System Capital Management” (71.24%) and Smart Holding group of companies (23.76%).
Metinvest Holding LLC is the management company of Metinvest Group.
Zaporizhstal steelmaker Zaporizhstal in January-April of the current year decreased shipment of rolled steel by 16.1% compared to the same period of the last year – down to 530.9 thousand tons.
According to the company, steel production fell by 10.3% to 646.5 thousand tons during this period, while pig iron production dropped by 13.6%, to 717.1 thousand tons.
In April 2023, Zaporizhstal produced 231.8 thousand tons of cast iron (in April 2022 – 69 thousand tons), 252.9 thousand tons of steel (73.6 thousand tons), shipped 205.1 thousand tons of rolled steel (68.2 thousand tons).
“The increase in production levels in April 2023 compared to the same period last year is due to the withdrawal of production facilities from forced hot mothballing, caused by full-scale military operations in Ukraine”, – explained in a press release.
It is a reminder that due to aggravation of military actions in the region, since the beginning of March 2022 Metinvest Group has put some of Zaporizhstal’s equipment into hot preservation mode. At the end of March of the same year the plant partially resumed cold-rolling shop operation for production and shipment of cold-rolled coils to European consumers. A month after the forced shutdown the mill put the equipment out of conservation and partially resumed production. Since April 2022 the mill has been working at an average of 50% capacity.
As it was reported, in January-March 2023 “Zaporizhstal” decreased shipment of rolled steel by 42.3% compared to the same period in 2022 – to 325.7 thousand tons, steel melting – by 39.2% to 393.6 thousand tons, cast iron – by 36.3%, to 485.3 thousand tons. In March, 193.6 thousand tons of iron, 184.4 thousand tons of steel were produced and 150.8 thousand tons of rolled products were shipped.
“In 2022, Zaporizhstal reduced the output of rolled steel by 60.4% to 1 million 304.3 thousand tons, steel by 61.7% to 1 million 491.3 thousand tons and cast iron by 54.3% to 2 million 9.9 thousand tons compared to 2021.
“Zaporizhstal” is one of the biggest industrial enterprises in Ukraine, which products are in great demand among the consumers on the internal market and in many countries of the world. The plant specializes in high-quality steel coils, hot-rolled plates, cold-rolled plates, cold-rolled coils from carbon and low-alloyed steels, as well as steel straps, tin plates, formed sections.
Main consumers are producers of welded pipes, enterprises of automotive, transport, agricultural engineering, producers of household appliances.
“Zaporizhstal is in the process of integration into Metinvest Group the main shareholders of which are CJSC “System Capital Management” (71.24%) and Smart Holding group of companies (23.76%).
Metinvest Holding LLC is the management company of Metinvest group.
