According to Canadian Border Service, the country has imposed antidumping duties of 135.3% on the import of silicon steel from Kazakhstan. The same duty has been applied to the steel from Brazil, Malaysia, Norway and Thailand. Moreover, exporters from these countries received duties for subsidizing in the volume of 23.5%. (Ukrainian metal)
In late June Donetskstal stopped all labor relations with the employees of its “Metallurgical complex” subsidiary in Donetsk because of its shut down. Earlier the decision to fire personnel has been taken by Donetsk Iron and Steel Works, also a part of Donetskstal. These decisions have been motivated by the “actions of unidentified persons”, resulting…
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine has started restoring operation after a 3-months idleness. According to the company statement, the works has already restored the supplies of all kinds of energy resources, including electric energy and gas. Soon the first trains with raw materials will start arriving. The blast furnace No. 1 will be put into…
The president of Ukraine Petr Poroshenko has vetoed the bill No. 6382 “On changes to the Decree of Ukraine “On changes to some decrees of Ukraine as to the decrease of the ferrous metals scrap deficiency on the local market”. The bill has been returned with the president’s marks. Earlier the Verkhovnaya Rada decided to…