Ukraine: EU to stop ferrosilicon investigation

The official information on the stop of the antidumping investigation on Ukrainian and Egyptian ferrosilicon imports to EU will be published soon, “The Ukrainian Association of Ferroalloy Producers has recently received such a reply to its letter”, the association executive director Sergey Kudryavtsev wrote on his Facebook page. According to him, this was the result…

Russia: coal transportation through Ukraine stopped

From May 1 Russian companies have stopped shipping coal through Ukraine without any explanation. According to the market participants, the volume of Russian coal transit through Ukraine has been 1-1.8 million tons per month lately. The main customers were Turkish, Polish, Romanian, Slovakian, Czech, and Hungarian companies, as well as Asian and African. “Our operator…

Ukraine: coal consumption up in April 2018

In April Ukraine increased coal consumption by 25.2% YoY, to 3.533 million tons, but decreased by 12.6% MoM. According to the State Statistics Service, in March coal consumption grew by 41.3% YoY, to 4 million tons. In April Ukraine imported $243.788 million worth of coal, up by 21.1% YoY, while exports dropped by 99.7%, to…