According to the data issued by the Ukrainian Association of Metal Traders, in January to August 2009 the country registered a 47.6% decrease in rolled steel consumption YoY to approximately 3,220,381 tonnes. Meanwhile, during the period in question imports of rolled products to Ukraine went down by 71.1%YoY to 403,431 tonnes. Accordingly, in January to…
It is reported that Ukrainian steel producer Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol has announced that during the H1 of 2009 it has registered losses of UAH 700 million. Mr Vladimir Boyko CEO of Ilyich said “In the H1 of 2009 we registered minus UAH 350 million for commercial products, while according to our…
It is reported that the Russian steel producer Severstal has announced that its subsidiary Severstal Ukraine, the key activity of which is selling zinc coated, polymer coated, hot rolled and cold rolled flats and profiled iron in the Ukrainian market, has renewed its cooperation with Interpipe Scientific and Industrial Production Group the Ukrainian holding company…
Millennium capital cited Mr Shevchenko CEO of Alchevsk Steelworks as saying that the company plans to cover H1 2009 losses till the end of the year. According to the report, the company resumed pre crisis volume of production and this exactly is the base for this optimistic statement. But the situation on the market remains…