Металлургия

According to Metal Courier estimates, the Enakievo ISW group, which includes OJSC Enakievo Iron & Steel Works [ENMZ UZ, U/R], smelted 199 thsd mt of steel in December, which is up 49% MoM. This month’s output is only 14% below the 11M08 average of 230 thsd mt.

Zaporizhstal [ZPST UZ, U/R] increased crude steel output to 283 thsd mt in December, according to Metal Courier estimates, which is up 20% MoM and only 15% below the average 11M08 level of 333 thsd mt per month.

Metal Courier has reported preliminary estimates of steel production numbers for December. The total crude steel output of Ukrainian steelmakers amounted to 1.99 mln mt this month, which is 25% above the November reading of 1.60 mln mt, but still 38% below the average 11M08 monthly level of 3.19 mln mt.

Mariupol Illich Iron & Steel Works [MMKI UZ, U/R] increased crude steel output to 295 thsd mt in December, according to Metal Courier estimates, which is up 44% MoM but still 39% below the average 11M08 level of 483 thsd mt per month.

ArcelorMittal Kryvyy Rih [KSTL UZ, U/R] increased crude steel output to 263 thsd mt in December, according to Metal Courier estimates, which is up 23% MoM but, nevertheless, as much as 51% below the average 11M08 level of 542 thsd mt per month.

Dnipropetrovsk Iron & Steel Works named after Petrovsky [DMZP UZ, U/R], or Petrovka, dropped crude steel output to 44 thsd mt in December, according to Metal Courier estimates, which is down 28% MoM and as much as 54% below the average 11M08 level of 95 thsd mt per month.

According to Metal Courier estimates, Dniprovsky Iron & Steel Works named after Dzerzhinsky, or simply Dzerzhynka [DMKD UZ, U/R], produced 338 thsd mt of steel in December, which is up 64% MoM and even 24% above the 11M08 monthly average of 272 thsd mt.

Azovstal [AZST UZ, U/R] is expected to have decreased crude steel output by just 1% MoM in December to 206 thsd mt, according to Metal Courier. This is 57% below the 11M08 average of 481 thsd mt.

In December, Alchevsk ISW [ALMK UZ, U/R] smelted 283 thsd mt of crude steel, according to estimates by Metal Courier. December’s volume is 10% up MoM, but still 45% below the 11M08 average of 376 thsd mt.

According to Metal Courier, CJSC YuTiST, a small Ukrainian pipes and tubes producer, is going to report going into sanation on December 27.