Kazakhstan: OECD Steel Committee joined

The OECD Council approved Kazakhstan’s application to join the Organization’s Steel Committee, the press service of the country’s Ministry of Investment and Development reports. “Following the presentation of the preliminary review of Kazakhstan’s steel industry policy, which took place on September 28-29, 2017, the secretariat of the Steel Committee decided to recommend the OECD Council…

Russia: VSMPO-Avisma sales up in 2017

Last year VSMPO-Avisma increased titanium sales by 14% YoY. The company revenue dropped by 4.9%, to 72.435 billion rubles, with net profits down by 28%, to 19.138 billion rubles. The main factor of the decrease was the strengthening of the ruble, resulting in the drop in export revenue in rubles by 9%. EBITDA decreased by…