Ukraine: Avdiivka Coke under threat of halting
The largest coke works in Europe – Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works – could stop operating because of the lack of empty railroad cars.
Ukraine: Metinvest to buy Dneprodzerzhinsk Coke Works
Metinvest Group of Companies has applied to the Anti-monopoly committee of Ukraine asking for permission to purchase the Dneprodzerzhinsk By-product Coke Plant, owned by the Russia-based Evraz.
Ukraine: politics has nothing to do with DSS cooperation
There is no political background in Antonov’s cooperation with Dneprospetsstal (DSS), main shareholders of which are Russian, said Ukroboronprom general director Roman Romanov.
Ukraine: Metinvest parleying with separatists
Metinvest is negotiating with the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic about the work of its companies there and pays taxes to the separatists, said the Donetsk region military-civilian administration chairman Pavel Zhebrivsky.
Ukraine: ferroalloys exports down in January-August 2015
In January-August Ukraine exported 577.55 thousand tons of ferroalloys worth $635.58 million, down by 9.8% and 19.3% YoY respectively.
Ukraine: SAR coal to arrive by October 2015
By the end of September Ukraine would have received the first ships with coal from the South African Republic.
Ukraine: Ferrexpo ups pellets output in January-August 2015
In January-August Ferrexpo-controlled Poltava and Yeristovo Mining and Processing Works (PGOK and EGOK) produced 7.65 million tons of pellets, up by 5.1% YoY.
Ukraine: Avdiivka resumes electrode pitch output
Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works, a part of the Metinvest Group, has put into operation its tar-distilling workshop.
Ukraine: Azovstal output down in 8 months of 2015
In January-August Azovstal Iron and Steel Works (Donetsk region), a part of the Metinvest Group of Companies, produced 2.02 million tons of rolled metal, down by 10.1% YoY.
Ukraine: rebar manufacturers to drop prices
In early September Ukrainian exporters of rebars announced a price drop.
Ukraine: ZALK inventory almost complete
The State Property Fund is finishing its inventory supervising of the only Ukrainian primary aluminum manufacturer Zaporozhye Aluminum Works (ZALK) to determine the prospects of resuming production process.
Ukraine: coal mining down in January-August 2015
In August Ukraine mined 3171 thousand tons of coal, down by 30.5% from the planned results.