In January-February Ukraine imported 2.44 million tons of coal worth $238 million, down by 11% YoY. Russia exported $118.1 million worth of coal, USA – $45.3 million, Australia – $25.9 million and other countries – $48.7 million.
Centravis Production Ukraine shipped seamless stainless pipes to Dunkirk for the construction of the liquefied gas storage.
On March 7, the rail shop of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works has started a new rolling campaign.
The industrial policy and entrepreneurship commission of the Verkhovnaya Rada has supported the decree on the metal scrap export duty increase.
The Ministry of economical development and trade has allowed exporting 143.8 thousand tons of metal scrap.
In 2015 Energomashspetsstal received 3210.12 million UAH of losses.
Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railroads) is in desperate need of fuel. At present it cannot provide the delivery of all coke produced by Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works.
In 2015 Zaporozhnerudprom received 0.46 million UAH of net profits.
In January-February Ukraine exported 920.05 million worth of ferrous metal, down by 33.9% YoY.
In 2015 thermal power stations received 8.5 million tons of coal from the ATO zone. That’s 10 times more than has been imported from the South African Republic, and 13 times more than from Russia.
In 2015 Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsk Pipe Works received 809.72 million UAH of losses.
The Ministry of economical development and trade has carried out an audit at Dnieporpetrovsk Tube Works and found out that some of its assets have been given to the private ownership.
In April Ukraine will produce 2.1 million tons of steel, 2 million tons of pig iron and 1.8 million tons of rolled metal, says Metallurgprom.
The County Administrative Court of Kiev has stopped the decree of the Ministry of economical development and trade on metal scrap balance. The case was initiated by Metallurgprom.
In 2015 Smart-Holding received 93.62 million UAH of losses.
With the help of the Ministry of energy and coal industry the capacities of the Lviv Coal Company processing factory have been restored after a long time of unstable work.
In 2015 Dniepropetrovsk Forming Rolls Works received 19.99 million UAH of net profits.
The State Fiscal Service says the tax payments of Metinvest are confidential information and cannot be disclosed without the company consent.
The Coal Union is against reformation projects that the Ministry of energy and coal industry is studying.
On March 7-11 Krasnoarmeyskugol mines spent 12 hours without electricity. This was the result of the 615 million UAH debt to power-generating companies.
The Cabinet of Ministers has included supplies from the occupied territories of Donbass into the coal consumption plan.
Metinvest is interested in the steel market of Iran and plans to certify its large-diameter pipes to be able to sell them to oil companies.
In 2015 Interpipe NMTZ received 394.73 million UAH of net profits.
In January-February Ferrexpo plc, controlling Poltava and Yeristovo Mining and Processing Works, produced 1.87 million tons of pellets, down by 0.3% YoY.
The Ministry of economical development and trade will be giving ferrous scrap export quotas.
In February Ukrainian metal companies consumed 140 million cubic meters of gas, down by 20.9% MoM.