Ukraine: Metinvest to squeeze out Zaporozhogneupor shares

Barlenco Ltd. (Cyprus), affiliated with Metinvest, intends to use its right to squeeze out shares of Zaporozhogneupor minority holders. On July 6, Zaporozhogneupor received a notification from shareholders on reaching the dominating controlling shares on July 3. Prior to this, Metinvest B. V. owned 2,650,697 shares, or 45.385539% of the total, Zaporizhstal – 2,874,068 shares…

Ukraine: scrap procurement down in H1 2020

In January-June, Ukraine procured 1.391 million tons of coal, down by 23.2% YoY. Import dropped by 74.8%, to 9.2 thousand tons, and export by 54.2%, to 16.8 thousand tons. Domestic deliveries to metal companies decreased by 22.5%, to 1.308 million tons. Experts believe this year Ukraine will procure 2.68 million tons of scrap, with export…