Ukraine: metallurgists the worst borrowers
Metal industry is the worst borrower for banks: past-due debts on loans reach 39.5%, with foreign currency loans amounting to 91.6%.
Ukraine: Ukrpromvneshexpertisa doubting negative effect of railroad tariff increase
“In my opinion, the Ministry of infrastructure announced railroad transportation tariffs rise will not greatly affect mining companies”, said the Ukrpromvneshexpertisa analyst Dmitry Zheltyakov.
Ukraine: steel construction market to start growing in 2017
The future of the steel construction depends on the state policy in attracting investments and on the Ukrainian metal construction sales on new markets.
Ukraine: metal results for January 2016
In January Ukraine produced 1920 thousand tons of pig iron, 1938 thousand tons of steel and 1689 thousand tons of rolled metal, up by 112% and 103% and down by 98% YoY respectively.
Ukraine: Yatsenyuk warned of metal industry collapse
Ukraine is on the brink of all the metal companies halt, after that currency revenues will fall, while unemployment will increase. This is stated in the letter to Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk, signed by directors of the 12 major metal and mining companies.
Ukraine: metal makers losses up in 2015
In 2015 Ukrainian metal makers increased their losses by 31.6% YoY, or by 7.5 billion UAH, to 31.2 billion UAH.
Ukraine: metal makers produce the most currency
The mining-metallurgical complex, even despite the crisis, is one of the key engines of Ukrainian economy with 15 billion UAH of taxes and around 1 million employees.
Ukraine: Poroshenko changes his views on metal industry
Ukraine’s metal industry is among priorities for the authorities, but as for now it’s ineffective and not completely competitive.
