Ukrainian refractory producers short of orders
In January Ukrainian refractory material producers decreased their output by 23%, to 19 thousand tons, as compared with January 2013. According to Liliya Shumyachkova, CEO of the Ukrogneupor association, the main reason for the decrease was the absence of orders from mining-metallurgical companies. Some metal companies haven’t even placed orders for 2014. In January metal…