Due to the problems with raw materials delivery 7 mining-metallurgical companies, situated in the East of Ukraine, have halted their operation.
These are Yenakievo, Alchevsk, Makeevka and Donetsk Iron and Steel Works, Stakhanov Ferroalloy Plant, Donetsk Electrometallurgical Plant and Electrostal.
This halt endangers foreign contracts. Because of the military activity in Donbass, Ukraine has already lost 1.2 million tons of coal. Now the country plans to purchase 1 million tons of coal from the South African Republic. The agreement has been signed and the coal is expected by the end of the year. (Ukrainian metal)
