Interpipe Dneprovskiy Vtormet intends to expand its scrap sales markets by attracting new iron and steel works in its customer base. The main risks for the company during the war are unstable economical situation in the country, competition, drastic scrap price decrease and the shortage of raw materials. The company also notes manufacturing risks linked…
In January, Ukrzaliznytsia increased iron ore transportation by 45% MoM, to 1.14 million tons. “After April 2022, when we transported 2.3 million tons of ore, volumes had been decreasing: in November-December 2022 they totaled 770-780 thousand tons of exports. But in January, we had good news: we transported 1.14 million tons, up by 358 thousand…
In 2022, Rudomine paid almost 500 million UAH worth of taxes to budgets of all levels. In particular, more than 330 million UAH was paid to the state budget and around 170 million UAH – to the budget of Kryvyi Rih. “The company has been working on the market of iron ore raw materials since…
Shevchenkovskiy district court of Kyiv has arrested bank accounts of Poltava Mining and Processing Works. All the payment operations of the company, except for the payment of taxes, have been suspended. “The court took the decision based on the claim of the Prosecutor General’s Office under a case of rent payment evasion,” the company press…
Free interpretation of customs tariffs on behalf of some customs units hinders exports of Ukrainian scrap metal to the countries of the European Union. “According to the Association agreement with the EU, the customs duty is EUR 3 per ton, but a special EUR.1 certificate is required, which confirms Ukrainian origin. Issue of certificate is…
Unblocking seaports for metal and mining products would allow increasing scrap procurement in Ukraine. “If we forecast steel output on the level of 6 million tons, the procurement would amount to 900-950 thousand tons. Our main customer is the domestic market. Intrepipe and Kametstal have suspended scrap purchases. So this procurement forecast is quite realistic.…
In 2023, Ukrzaliznytsia transported 1.7 million tons of iron and manganese ore, up by 46% YoY. Coal transportation dropped by 3.2%, to 2 million tons. As a whole, last month Ukrzaliznytsia transported 11.293 million tons of cargo, up by 11% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)
Under its “Steel Front” initiative, Metinvest has sent mortar tripods and bulletproof vests to defenders of Bakhmut. In particular, recently the group has provided 10 tripods. Soon 20 more tripods will be supplied. Moreover, the defenders also received 100 bulletproof vests. So far, Metinvest has provided more than 150 thousand bulletproof vests, either produced or…