Ukraine: Lugansk miners to march to Kyiv

Lugansk region miners have announced a strike and refuse to go underground until their salary debts are cleared. On October 8 employees of the Novodruzhevskaya mine, a part of Lisichanskugol, stopped extracting coal. The salary debt to them amounts to 120 million UAH. The employees of the nearby mine named after Kapustin have warned the…

Ukraine: ferrous metals exports down in January-September 2019

In January-September Ukraine decreased ferrous metals exports by 10,3% YoY, to $6.937 billion. According to the State Fiscal Service, ferrous metals accounted for 18.7% of exports as opposed to 22.39% in 9 months of 2018. In September Ukraine earned $637.088 million on ferrous metals exports. In 9 months corresponding imports decreased by 5%, to $963.818…