ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (AMKR) is restarting blast furnace No.6 this week.

The firm previously said it will increase production of iron ore concentrate to 500,000 tonnes in April in preparation for resuming steelmaking.

AMKR Mining and Processing Plant No2 has continued running throughout the Russian invasion of Ukraine, although it …

The merchant pig iron market has quietened down in the past week amid ongoing price rises and lengthening lead times. Russian suppliers' difficulties in shipping contracted material also weighed on buyers' readiness to commit to purchasing, but some Russian tonnage was sold to the Mediterranean.

US buyers stepped back from …

Ukrainian flat steel producer Zaporizhstal, part of Metinvest, has partially resumed operation of its cold rolling shop, the company tells Kallanish.

The decision to partially resume work was facilitated by the controlled military situation in Zaporozhye, the company claims.

Skin-pass mills 1700-1 and 1700-2, as well as slitting unit No. …

Despite the wide-ranging sanctions on Russian financial, business and economic sectors, Russian mills continue to offer their material for export. But producers are facing the choice of taking all risks or having no sales, while traders, who are willing to continue working with Russian mills, are running out of options …