The EU has imported €1B worth of Russian metal products in five months, but Russian metallurgists’ profits are declining. According to Eurostat, from January to May 2025, despite sanctions, the EU imported 2.57 million tons (+1.1% compared to the same period last year) of metallurgical products from Russia, with a cost o... #EUimport #MetalImport #MetallurgyRussia #MetalProductsRussia #PigIronExport #RussianEconomy
Turkey increases imports of pig iron from Ukraine by 9%. According to Steel Orbis, in 2021, Turkish metallurgical enterprises increased imports of pig iron from Ukraine by 8.8% compared to 2020, to 295.5 thousand tons. The leading supplier of pig iron to Tu... #PigIronExport #UkraineexportsPigIron
Responding to high world prices, Ukraine increased its pig iron production by 8% during the first half of this year, compared to January-June 2020. Ukraine smelted 10.8 million tons of pig iron, making it 10th in the world, between Taiwan and Germany, Ukrmetalurgprom reports, citing Worldsteel figures. Ukraine’s sli... #PigIronExport #PigIronfromUkraine #PigIronproductionincreased