Ukraine: ferroalloys output up in 2016

In 2016 Ukraine produced 1.028 million tons of ferroalloys, up by 16% YoY. According to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers, silicomanganese output went up by 16.7% YoY, to 814.97 thousand tons, ferromanganese – by 19%, to 104.47 thousand tons, and ferrosilicon – 101.42 thousand tons, to 12.5%. At the same time production of metallic…

Ukraine: ferroalloy companies demanding to stop increasing electricity price

The Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers has asked the Cabinet of Ministers, the President Administration and the National power and housing utilities state regulation committee to return electricity prices to December 2015 (1.23-1.52 UAH per kW-h) and prohibit their increase in 2016-2021. “For the past several months the electricity tariffs for industrial manufacturers have been…