Ukraine: Turkey to impose duties on Ilyich and Zaporizhstal metal
The Ministry of economy of Turkey has decided to review the dumping margin on hot-rolled coils imported from China, France, Japan, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine.
The Ministry of economy of Turkey has decided to review the dumping margin on hot-rolled coils imported from China, France, Japan, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine.
Zaporizhstal has implemented the automated GPS-control of its transport to increase production efficiency.
In 2015 Zaporizhstal, a major taxpayer both in Zaporozhye region and in Ukraine, paid over 2.5 billion UAH of taxes, as opposed to 1.4 billion in 2014.
Metinvest could lose an important metal market in South Asia – Pakistan. On January 13 the National tariff committee of Pakistan decided to impose preventive duties on cold-rolled steel from Ukraine.
In 2015 Zaporizhstal implemented the program of energy saving and energy efficiency, which allowed it to save 195 million UAH.
In December 2015 Zaporizhstal produced 353.5 thousand tons of pig iron, 353.3 thousand tons of steel and 304.3 thousand tons of rolled metal, all up by 12.2%, 9.9% and 19.7% YoY respectively.
The state budget has reimbursed 0.71 billion UAH of VAT to Zaporizhstal.
Zaporizhstal plans to stop its sintering machine #4 on January 15, 2016 to assemble gas-purifying equipment.