Ukraine: coal imports down on Q1 2019

In January-March Ukraine imported 5.25 million tons of coal, down by 8.6% YoY. According to the State Fiscal Service, the value of the imported coal was $740.09 million, down by 2.7% YoY. In particular Russia supplied $476/95 million worth of coal (or 64.45%), USA – $212.57 million (28.72%), Kazakhstan – $31.07 million (4.2%) and other…

Russia: Rostechnadzor closes ZSMK

On March 27-29 the Siberian department of the Federal Service on Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Surveillance (Rostechnadzor) carried out an unscheduled inspection of the Zapadno-Sibirksy Iron and Steel Works. The reason for the inspection was a fatal accident at the plant on March 16. As a result of the inspection 19 violations of the industrial…