Russia: Mechel profits in January-September 2019

In January-September Mechel received 4.58 billion rubles of net profit as opposed to a net loss of 11.484 billion rubles last year. Revenue grew by 28%, to 12.157 billion rubles. Gross profit increased by 28.1%, to 12.094 billion rubles, and sales profit – by 31.7%, to 10.888 billion rubles. Mechel’s fixed liabilities decreased by 11.3%,…

Ukraine: limestone consumption down in September 2019

In September limestone deliveries by railroad decreased by 9% YoY, to 0.95 million tons. In 9 months deliveries totaled 8.4 million tons. The largest consumer is Dniepropetrovsk region – 43%. The top-3 regions (Dniepropetrovsk, Donetsk and Zaporzhye) consume some 85% of limestone. Metal industry enterprises consume the most limestone. They have increased purchases by 2%.…