Metallurgy news

• Yuri Ryzhenkov: we are forced to reduce production Yuri Ryzhenkov, General Director of Metinvest Group, held a meeting with journalists from the national media. He spoke about the plight of the metallurgical industry and plans to overcome the crisis: “We are now caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, we have the worst market o... 29.11.2015  19:20

• DMKD employees prevented a man-made disaster in Dneprodzerzhinsk Two employees of the security department of the Dzerzhinsky Dnieper Metallurgical Plant (DMKD) prevented a man-made disaster, according to gorod.dp.ua. According to Anatoly Bogdanov, head of the plant's security department, his service managed to detain the intruders who traded in scrap metal.... 28.11.2015  18:08

• PJSC "Zaporizhstal" is disconnected from electricity due to the state's debt to the plant for VAT refunds PJSC "Zaporizhstal" received a notification from the state monopoly OJSC "Zaporozhyeoblenergo" about stopping the supply of electricity to the plant under the existing contracts, due to a violation of the schedule of mandatory payments that arose from the plant due to the state's debt to PJSC... 27.11.2015  14:16

• The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine created an association "For a Free Caucasus" In the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, an inter-factional association "For a Free Caucasus" was created, headed by the people's deputy from the radical party Yuri-Bohdan Shukhevych. The corresponding announcement was made during the meeting of the Rada, which was broadcast online by the TV channel "112... 27.11.2015  11:53

• Demchishin: Ukraine will survive this winter without Russian gas Ukraine will easily pass the 2015-16 heating season without Russian gas due to reserves accumulated in storage facilities and supplies from Europe, said Vladimir Demchishin, head of the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry. As of November 26, Ukraine's underground storage facilities (UGS)... 27.11.2015  10:54

• Zaporizhstal gave 58 thousand hryvnia to the Internet project "Steps to Health" The medical educational project of the Internet resource “Steps to Health” is the winner of the competition “We are the City” and received a grant from PJSC “Zaporizhstal” in the amount of 58 thousand hryvnias. The project is being implemented on the initiative and with the participation of resea... 27.11.2015  10:46

• Zaporizhstal increases supplies of steel for pipe production The share of sales of metal products to pipe enterprises accounts for 50 percent of the total sales of the Zaporizhstal metallurgical plant of the Metinvest Group. In 10 months of 2015, Rinat Akhmetov's plant achieved an increase in sales of hot-rolled steel to the domestic market by 6 percent due... 27.11.2015  09:04

• "Civil blockade of Crimea" decided not to turn on the light on the peninsula Activists of the civil blockade of Crimea suspended access of Ukrenergo workers to damaged power lines in the Kherson region and said they would not “turn on the light” in Crimea until Russia gives a clear signal of its readiness to release People's Deputy Nadezhda Savchenko and Deputy Head of the M... 26.11.2015  17:33

• Zaporizhstal announced the debt of the state for VAT refunds in a billion hryvnia As of November 1, 2015, the debt of the tax authorities of Ukraine for the refund of value added tax (VAT) to PJSC Zaporizhstal amounted to more than 1 billion hryvnia. This was reported in the press service of the enterprise. For the period from May to August 2015, the Metinvest Group's... 26.11.2015  10:24

• Eurasian Union plans to introduce protective duties on Ukrainian pipes The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) on Tuesday proposed to introduce anti-dumping duties on seamless pipes from Ukraine made of stainless steel with a diameter of up to 426 mm, which are made by hot or cold deformation. The corresponding report was published on the official website of the... 26.11.2015  10:04