Ukraine: gas consumption by metal companies down in February 2016
In February Ukrainian metal companies consumed 140 million cubic meters of gas, down by 20.9% MoM.
Ukraine: Poroshenko asked to retain railroad connections with Donbass metal works
The stop of the railroad connection with companies working on the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk and Lugansk regions will worsen the economical situation in Ukraine.
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: 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.