In January-February exports grew by 17.9% YoY, or by $1.1 billion, to $7.4 billion. According to the Ministry of economical development and trade, the main importers of Ukrainian goods were the EU countries, Singapore, Belarus, Turkey, Moldova and Iraq. “The goods that saw the biggest increase in sales were steel semi-finished products (up by $98.3…
The press secretary of the president Dmitry Peskov has said that so far there are no ready-made scenarios to help Rusal, but a temporarily nationalization of the company could be one of the forms of state support. “There are various views on how to help the companies affected by US sanctions. This is just one…
NLMK Group, a global steel company, presented its digital transformation projects, both already completed and those under development, at the international SAP Forum 2018. Oleg Bagrin, Chairman of NLMK Group’s Board of Directors Strategy Committee spoke at the plenary of the Forum. He talked about the digital transformation projects that the company had implemented or…
The state enterprise Selidovugol has ordered Donenergoexport LLC the delivery of 332 tons of inert dust valued at 1.16 million UAH. The cost of 1 ton of inert dust is 3510 UAH with VAT. At present Donenergoexport LLC is the main supplier of inert dust to the state enterprises of Ukraine. Last year the company…
The state enterprise Ukrzaliznytsia has ordered Interpipe Ukraine LLC the delivery of tyres for the rolling stock valued at 80.97 million UAH. This year Interpipe will have to supply 4322 tons of tyres manufactured by Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsk Pipe Rolling Works not early than October 1, 2017. The price of the contract is 1% lower than…
Interpipe and Vallourec intend to create a joint venture to produce steel pipes for the European market. The cooperation will not cover pipes for oil and gas extraction. The JV will only produce linear pipes, general usage pipes as well as machine-building products. “Pipes will be finished at the line built at Interpipe Niko Tube…
In January-March Kuzbassrazrezugol mined 11.1 million tons of coal (including almost 1.6 million tons of coking coal), up by 2.5% YoY. Sales grew by 1.8%, to 10.3 million tons. Exports accounted for 70% of sales: 7.3 million tons were exported, and 3 million tons supplied to domestic customers. The company factories processed over 10 million…
In January-March Mechel-Materials produced over 47 thousand tons of mineral additives for concrete, up by 14% YoY. This product is used as an alternative to one of the concrete mix components and is manufactured at the line of the grinding and mixing complex commissioned in 2013. Refractory output grew by 44% YoY, to some 40…
