Licenses to Ukrainian scrap metals companies

It is reported that the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine granted non-expiry licenses for ferrous and non-ferrous metal scrap collecting and recycling to 47 companies as stated in the act of Ministry of Industrial Policy dated January 19th 2010.In particular, licenses are granted to Zaporozhvtormet, Poltavavtormet, Vtortsvetmet, Dnepropetrovskvtormet, Sumyvtormet, Vinnitsavtormet, Nikolaevvtormet, Kievvtormet, Volynvtormet, Ukrvtormet.In…

ArcelorMittal to invest over $200 million in Ukrainian mill

It is reported that ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel producer, plans to invest $200 million to modernize and boost efficiency at its Ukrainian steel mill in 2010.Mr. Jean Jouet, CEO for ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, said these plans could be derailed if the company continued to struggle in receiving value added tax refunds from Ukraine cash-strapped…