Ukraine: Lvivugol gets February 2017 salary

On March 28, the state enterprise Lvivugol received 11.8 million UAH of state financial support. All the money was spent to pay salary to the miners. According to the Lviv regional state administration department of fuel-energy complex and energy saving, thanks to this support, the February salary was paid in full. (Ukrainian metal)

Georgia: steel semis exports to Turkey up in January-February 2017

According to the National Statistics Office, in January-February the trade volume with Turkey, the country’s main trade partner, reached $198.39 million, including $35.04 million of exports (up by 17.3% YoY) and $163.35 million of imports (down by 3.5%). Non-alloyed steel and pig iron semi-finished products exports occupied the third position in the total Georgian exports…

Ukraine: hot-rolled metal avoids EU duties

The European Commission has decided not to impose temporary duties on hot-rolled metal from Ukraine, Brazil, Iran, Serbia and Russia, as it is still investigating whether the countries violated the rules of fair competitiveness. Thus the preliminary antidumping duties are not imposed from April 7. But the commission will have to decide by October 7,…

Ukraine: scrap deliveries to increase

The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that scrap deliveries to Ukrainian companies will increase in March by 23.5% MoM, or by 39 thousand tons, to 205 thousand tons. The increase in deliveries has to do with the high price of 6150 UAH per ton, as well as the expectations of the scrap procurers and traders that…