Ukraine: Volnogorsk Works buys expensive containers

Volnogorsk Iron and Steel Works, a subsidiary of the United Mining and Chemical Company, in December 2016 ordered soft PP containers valued at 32.5 million UAH from Delis-Prof LLC. This year the company has to supply 168 thousand various containers and 2 thousand PP inserts. The price of most products exceeds those of last year…

Russia: copper output up in 2016

In 2016 raw copper output in Russia increased by 0.7% YoY. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, copper rods and sections output went up by 18.8% YoY, plates, sheets, and strips – by 3.9%, while that of wire decreased by 11.8%, and of foil – by 8.3%. (Ukrainian metal)

Russia: Rusal prices $600 million debut Eurobond

Rusal has announced the successful pricing of a debut Eurobond transaction with the following key parameters: size $600 million, maturity 5 years, coupon 5.125%. Proceeds of the issuance are planned to be used for refinancing the company’s current indebtedness. Vladislav Soloviev, Rusal’s CEO said: “We are delighted to win overwhelming support for our debut Eurobond…