Ukraine: scrap exports down in H1 2019

In January-June Ukraine exported 36.723 thousand tons of scrap, down 7.4-fold YoY, valued at $10.086 million, down 8.8-fold. According to the State Fiscal Service, in June 0.208 thousand tons of scrap were exported, in May – 8.086 thousand tons, in April – 8.791 thousand tons, in March – 8.246 thousand tons, in February – 8.252…

Ukraine: Mariupol Ilyich receives final batch of machinery for sheet-rolling shop modernization

Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works within a major investment reconstruction project is modernizing its wide-strip mill in the sheet-rolling shop 1700. The company has received the last batch of equipment with the combined weight of over 900 tons. Investments in the project total $85 million. The first stage of the shop reconstruction was completed…