Metallurgprom and Federation of Metallurgists of Ukraine have addressed the deputies to support the decrees on increasing ferrous scrap export duty from 10 euro per ton to 35 euro for 3 years and cancel the 5% import duty.
Energomashspetsstal has concluded a contract with Russkiye Kuzhnecniye Zavody for the supply of forgings.
DTEK Pershotravenskoye Mine Group has put a new long face with 400 thousand tons of coal into operation at the Yubileinaya mine. That would be enough for 6 months of work.
In 2016 gas coal proficiency will total 1.5 million tons due to the fall of electricity output.
In 2015 Ukraine decreased power-generating coal output by 38.8% YoY.
In January Coal Energy S. A. produced 40.66 thousand tons of coal, up 3.2 times, or by 28.12 thousand tons YoY.
In 2016 Corum Group plans to increase its investments into development 2 times, or by 44.6 million UAH, to 87.6 million UAH.
Ukraine has a number of major metal works using electrometallurgical method to produce steel. Two of them are Interpipe Steel and Electrostal.