Mexican trade unions require the government to stop illegal imports from Russia and Ukraine

The National Alliance of the miners of Mexico (NMA) said that there is a danger of losing 1,20,000 out of 720,000 existing jobs in the national steel industry in connection with the ongoing illegal imports of steel from countries that have not had trade agreements with Mexico, which became possible when the Mexican government was connected.

According to the general coordinator of NMA Hector Himenes Coronado, American investors intended to invest about $ 10 billion in the Mexican metallurgical industry abandon their plans. Investments from the United States that could create an additional 100,000 jobs in the next four years until China, South Korea, India, Brazil, Russia and Ukraine will not stop supplying the metal production at dumping prices.

According to Mr. Coronado, in the case of supply of steel from Russia and Ukraine, many Mexican importers did not pay the stipulated compensation fees, which negatively influenced not only the steel, but also the mining industry, especially the coal industry. The most affected state was the Cocele, on the territory of which 80 percent of all Mexican coal deposits are located.

As reported, the largest metallurgical company Mexico AHMSA asked for an investigation into an import of 140 thousand tons of sheet steel from Russia and Ukraine.