Paramjit Kahlon, vice-president of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih and member of the group management committee, has been appointed the chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal CIS (ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih and ArcelorMittal Temirtau, Kazakhstan), effective as of May 1, 2016. As before, he reports to Davinder Chugh, senior executive vice-president of ArcelorMittal and chief executive officer of Africa…
The Board of Directors of Norilsk Nickel has approved of the sale to Crispian Investments Limited of 1250075 ordinary shares (constituting 0.79% of the total share capital of the company) for a total of $158 million.
Heads of Ukrainian metal companies have addressed the Prime-Minister Vladimir Groisman, asking him to arrange a meeting to discuss the problems in the industry and develop the program of stabilization.
The Security Service of Ukraine has prevented the purchase of low-quality pipes from Russia valued at almost 25 million UAH by a state enterprise in Poltava region.
In January-March Poltava Mining and Processing Works exported 3.17 million tons of iron ore pellets.
The Verkhovnaya Rada of Ukraine has passed an act on the increase of the ferrous scrap export duty from 10 euro per ton to 30 euro for 3 years. 268 people’s deputies have supported the act.
Pobuzhye Ferronickel Plant plans to stop importing power-generating coal from Kazakhstan and switch to Ukrainian raw materials.
The Ministry of economy of Turkey has cancelled temporal measures on hot-rolled coil imports from China, Russia, Japan and Slovakia.
