One of the largest lithium deposits in Europe, situated in Kirovograd region, has been given to Ukrainskiye redkiye metally LLC (Ukrainian rare metals). On May 20, Kirovograd regional council voted to allow the company to work at the deposits. The company is believed to be connected with Alexander Pavlyuchenko, a well-known criminal. (Ukrainian metal)
Month Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.1865* Export, Ukraine, $/t, FOB Black sea ports Export, Russia, $/t, FOB Black sea ports min max min max min max March 195 289 310 325 305 325 April 205 289 375 425 375 425 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.04.16…
Ukraine imports 4 million tons of coal from the occupied territories of Donbass per year. “The vice-prime-minister on occupied territories deals with these deliveries. Our ministry is not engaged”, said the Ministry of energy and coal industry head Igor Nasalik. Due to the military conflict in Donbass Ukraine has lost access to most mines there.…
Scrap export duty increase is a temporarily and forced action taken with the country interests in mind, says deputy minister of economical development and trade, the trade representative of Ukraine Natalia Mikolskaya. According to her, for EU scrap exports from Ukraine are not economically important, as it consumes very little of Ukrainian scrap. “That’s more…
Month Russian market, $/t, EXW, without VAT, $1/RUR64.3334* Ukrainian market, $/t, without VAT, EXW, $1/UAH25.1865* min max min max March 283 654 376 376 April 317 659 376 376 * – Ukrainian Hrivna and Russian Rouble exchange rates are as of 30.04.16 according to the National Bank of Ukraine and the Central Bank of the…
Energomashspetsstal has concluded an agreement with Azovstal to supply working rolls for section rolling mills. EMSS will produce 28 rolls with the total weight of 268.5 tons. “The rolls will be used at rolling mills that produce rails, beams, channel, angles and other metal. According to the agreement, EMSS will deliver the rolls in Q2-Q3”,…
On June 17, Kiev will host the “Scrap metal: sources and market trends” conference. Scrap procurement and sales are having hard times. Export limiting decrees have made the market uncertain and nervous and the conflict with metal makers even deeper. The conference will deal with scrap procurement under such difficult circumstances, prospects of scrap export…
Electricity exports to Europe could stop at any time, resulting in the loss of sales markets for Ukrainian coal companies, those with mines in Lviv-Volyn region in particular. This will affect financial and social-economical situation in the coal industry of the whole country. According to the energy expert Valentin Zemlyansky, at present due to the…
