Ukraine: Makeevkoks turns to losses in 2017

In 2017 Makeevkoks received 698.63 million UAH of losses as opposed to 6.76 million UAH of profit in 2016. According to the company statement, its uncovered losses totaled 543.49 million UAH. Consolidated accounts receivable dropped by 0.2%, to 249.03 million UAH, fixed liabilities – by 0.8%, to 8.06 million UAH, while its current liabilities grew…

Russia: MMK-Metiz net profits up in 2017

In 2017 MMK-Metiz increased net profits 3.4-fold, to 1.26 billion rubles, In Q4 2017 the company received 170.8 million rubles of profits, down from 393 million rubles in Q3 2017. In Q4 2017 MMK-Metiz sold 5.28 billion rubles worth of metal wares, down by 5% QoQ. Consolidated revenue in 2017 totaled 20.456 billion rubles, up…

Ukraine: scrap prices to drop

The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that by mid-April the price of ferrous metals scrap will drop by 3.5%, to some 8.3 thousand UAH per ton, compared with late March. According to the company deputy director Yuri Dobrovolski, the drop will have to do with the downgrading trends on the world markets, as well as the…