The existing system of railroad car division under Ukrzaliznytsia negatively affects the Ukrainian economy and has considerable corruption risks, Metallurgprom president Alexander Kalenkov wrote in his letter to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman. “Because of the lack of open wagons in Q4 2016 mining companies undersupplied for export up to 10% of the…
In July Ukraine will produce 2.2 million tons of steel, 2.1 million tons of pig iron and 1.9 million tons of rolled metal, Metallurgprom believes. Railroaders strike in late May – early June paralyzed raw materials and products deliveries to and from some metal and coke companies, and this resulted in a considerable decrease of…
Ukrainian Association of Ferrous Metallurgy Companies (Ukrmet) and Metallurgprom have united into Ukrmetallurgprom. “There were two organizations in Ukraine that supported interests of the metal makers. They were Metallurgprom and Ukrmet”, said the Ukrmetallurgprom vice-president Dmitry Belokurov. Alexander Kalenkov was elected the president of the company. (Ukrainian metal)
Metallurgprom has addressed the prime minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groisman asking him to restore railroad connections with metal companies situated in the temporarily uncontrolled territories unless they halt for good. According to the company statement, as of June 13, no government actions have been taken. Most of metal companies in the ATO zone had to…
In January-May Ukraine produced 10.54 million tons of carbon steel, up by 14% YoY. This is preliminary data by Metallurgprom, while more precise information is expected after June 10. Pig iron output increased by 21%, to 10.11 million tons, that of rolled metal – by 16.5%, to 9.32 million tons. Coke production went up by…
Metallurgprom believes in June Ukraine will produce 2.2 million tons of steel, 2.1 million tons of pig iron and 1.9 million tons of rolled metal. At present Donetsk Electrometallurgical Plant is idle. As of May 1, 26 out of 28 blast furnaces, 7 out of 9 open-hearth furnaces and 17 out of 21 converters were…
The Parliament committee on industrial policy has suggested imposing a scrap export duty on the level of 30 euro per ton.
The District Administrative Court of Kiev has postponed the hearing of the Metallurgprom lawsuit against the Ministry of economical development and trade as to its decree on ferrous scrap till May 19.
