Khartsyzsk Pipe (UX: HRTR UK) reported impressive production figures in January 2010, increasing production to 51.3 ths mt, up 178% y-o-y. Overall, total Ukrainian pipe output rose to 172.3 ths mt, up 58% y-o-y. Dnipropetrovsk Pipe (UX: DTRZ UK) and ММК Illicha Steel (UX: MMKI UK) also boosted pipe production, by 76% and 78% y-o-y, respectively.
Pipe production in Ukraine, January 2011 vs. January 2010
Company, ths mt 1M10 1M11Chg, y-o-y
Khartsyzsk Pipe (HRTR) 18.8 51.3 173%
Nyzhnyodniprovsk Pipe (NITR) 25.9 33.2 28%
Niko Tube 15.3 23.1 51%
Luhansk Pipe 14.1 21.7 54%
Kominmet (DMZK) 12.6 15.1 20%
Novomoskovsk Pipe (NVTR) 13.1 11.2 -15%
Dnipropetrovsk Pipe (DTRZ) 4.1 7.2 76%
ММК Illicha Steel (MMKI) 3.6 6.4 78%
Total 109.1 172.3 58%
Source: Interfax