In January-July, Ukraine decreased steel output by 62% YoY, to 4.82 million tons. The country was placed 21st in the global steel manufacturers rating. Manufacture in Russia dropped by 7%, to 41.4 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
The Russian occupiers in Mariupol have started cutting the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works for scrap. “There was smoke over the plant today. This could mean the launch of cutting various scrap. That is, the plant on the demined territory is being cut for scrap,” the councilor to the city mayor Petr Andryuschenko has…
Russian propaganda has released a video that due to total mobilization no men have remained at the mines of Lugansk region, so women and pensioners have to work. Strangely enough, this genocide is presented as something to be proud of. Thus, 430 male employees of the Dolzhanskaya-Kapitalnaya mine have gone to war, and now women…
Unblocking ports to export metal products will improve situation both for the Ukrainian industry and for state finances, as the country can export $500 million worth of metal each month. “Ukraine is at war. So each dollar, which we can receive for our products, is needed – to fulfill social obligations and buy weapons. Ukraine…
Businessman Rinat Akhmetov is sure that the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the support from western partners will liberate Mariupol and return the Ukrainian flag to the city. “For me Mariupol was, is and will always be Ukrainian. I believe in the Ukrainian Army and the support of our western partners. If Ukraine receives military…
Russia is stealing metal products on occupied territories of Ukraine and after that passes off them as its own and tries to sell them. According to the chairman of the Metallurgists of Ukraine Federation Sergey Belenkiy, it is unknown, who much metal has been stolen, but Mariupol warehouses stocked metal worth hundreds of millions. “Hundred…
Metinvest has developed module shelters for the military intended to strengthen trenches. To produce special structures with the size of 2×6 meters, the group has readjusted equipment and bought special steel and rolls. The shelters are made in such a way as to transport them to the front line in disassembled form and assemble on…
Shevchenkovskiy District Court of Kyiv has transferred to the National Assets Recovery and Management Agency 90 arrested carriages with 6.23 thousand tons of alumina. Alumina belongs to Rusal Bratsk (Russia) and RS International GmbH (Switzerland), all part of Rusal. The value of the alumina is over 80 million UAH. The arrested goods will be sold.…