CIS ferromanganese markets: current state

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Metal Bulletin's 23rd International Ferro-alloys
Conference, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 2007
CIS ferro-manganese markets current state
future
Andrey Pupchenko, Head of Raw Materials Research,
Metal Expert Research Group, Ukraine
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Main points of the presentation 

• Manganese alloys market structure in the CIS
• CIS ferro-manganese markets key issues
• CIS manganese market forecasts

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Manganese alloys market structure in the CIS
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CIS manganese market structure
Major producers in the CIS manganese market
000 tonnes
Source Metal Expert
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CIS manganese market structure
CIS manganese alloys production export
000 tonnes
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CIS manganese market structure
Apparent consumption of manganese alloys in the
CIS
000 tonnes
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Russian manganese market
Export keeps staying tiny in Russian output
Key players in the domestic SiMn market
SiMn output slows down, FeMn stays stable
Key players in the domestic FeMn market
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Ukrainian manganese market
Export continues to dominate in Ukrainian output
Key players in the domestic SiMn market
SiMn output grows, FeMn stays stable
Key players in the domestic FeMn market
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Kazakhstan manganese market
Export continues to dominate in Kazakhstan output
Key players in the domestic SiMn market
Key players in the domestic FeMn market
Mn alloys consumption in Kazakhstan stays stable
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CIS ferro-manganese markets key issues
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CIS ferro-manganese market analysis
Russian SiMn FeMn prices is there any
difference?
Dominance of SiMn in Russian domestic consumption
per tonne
of Mn content
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CIS ferro-manganese market analysis
Major players in Russian FeMn market in 2006

• Local supplies occupy 67 of Russian market
• but they do not have their own raw materials
  resources
• Share of Ukrainian producers, which are
  integrated, accounts only 26...
• but there are duties against Zaporozhye (25)
  and Nikopol (7) in Russia
• Another integrated producer ENRC does not
  produce ferro-manganese

domestic players
import
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CIS ferro-manganese market analysis
Key players in FeMn production in the CIS
Privat group
ENRC
000 tonnes
Sibir-Ural metallurgical company (Chelyabinsk
group)
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CIS ferro-manganese market analysis
Deliveries of manganese ore into Ukraine
Import of manganese ore into Russia
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CIS manganese market forecasts
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CIS manganese market forecasts
Steel production in the CIS major consumption
driver
Steel output structure
Steel production forecasts for Russia, Ukraine
and Kazakhstan, million tonnes
2003
2009
Source Forecasts of SiMn, FeMn and FeSi till 2017
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CIS manganese market forecasts
Unit consumption of manganese alloys is
decreasing in the CIS

• increase of continuous casting share in
  steelmaking
• decrease of open-hearth furnace steel output

Manganese consumption in the CIS, kg per tonne
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CIS manganese market forecasts
But real consumption will not change considerably
CIS domestic deliveries will stay at current
level due to decrease in unit consumption
CIS production will stay high due to increased
output in Georgia, (gross weight)
000 tonnes
Source Forecasts of SiMn, FeMn and FeSi till 2017
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CIS manganese market forecasts
Manganese alloys availability from the CIS will
remain high
000 tonnes
Source Forecasts of SiMn, FeMn and FeSi till 2017
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