The European Commission has imposed 5-year antidumping duties on construction rebars, produced in Belarus. The decision has been taken following the results of the antidumping investigation, which has shown that Belarus metal products have been sold in EU at a price 60% lower than the market price. The investigation started in March 2016, and in…
In January-May Russia supplied 4.25 million tons of coal to Ukraine, and the total supplies this year are expected on the level of 10 million tons. Last year Russia supplied 10.11 million tons of coal to Ukraine, according to the Russian Ministry of energy. The Ministry of energy and coal industry of Ukraine has asked…
Salary to Lviv Coal Company employees has not been paid since February, and the total debt now amounts to 18 million UAH. According to the chairman of the Independent Miners Union Mikhail Volynets, the situation is critical. The situation is made even more complex by the suits as to the bankruptcy of the company and…
Shareholders of DTEK Pavlogradugol decided to pay 647.15 million UAH of dividends for 2016. The dividends will be paid from June 30 through October 20. In 2016 DTEK Pavlogradugol received 647.15 million UAH of net profits, up 3-fold, or by 420.87 million UAH YoY. Last year, according to the Ministry of energy and coal industry,…
By July Seligdar will have put the new gold-extracting factory at the Ryabinovoye deposits in Yakutia in operation and plans to mine at least 400 kg of gold there this year. Investments into the factory total 6.335 million rubles. The factory capacity is 1 million tons of ore per year. The factory will produce some…
Last year the export duty for scrap increased from 10 euro per ton to 30 euro. This has immediately affected the budget – taxes increased almost 2-fold. And much more raw materials stayed in the country. “At present Azovstal Iron and Steel Works is fully provided with scrap. Unfortunately a year ago the situation was…
In April, according to the customs statistics, corrosion-resistant rolled metal imports reached 21.6 thousand tons, up by 2.4% MoM and by 18.7% YoY, valued at $50 million, up by 3.3% MoM and by 34.7% YoY. In January-April Russia imported 86.2 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant rolled metal valued at $182 million, up by 36% and by…
Kazakhstan continues increasing exports. In January-April exports increased by 21%, or by $836 million. Metal product exports account for 54% of the total volume. The highest increase in prices was also noticed in the metal industry. China and Russia remain the main export markets, accounting for over 40% of all exports, up by 21% and…