Ukraine’s mining & metals sector

The critical situation can only be improved by opening access to seaports for cargoes from the iron and steel industry

Exports of slabs and billets fell by 9.8% m/m and by 85.4% y/y

Companies in the industry are working with reduced volumes and are implementing energy saving measures

The CEO of Metinvest Group’s Central Mining – about today's problems and challenges for Ukrainian iron and steel industry and how the Central Mining is coping with them

Pig iron production fell by 7.5% m/m in September 2022, while steel production – by 7.1% m/m

Production of manganese concentrate in January-June fell by 21%

The indicator increased by 3.2% compared to the previous month

In June, coking enterprises produced 267 thousand tons of gross coke, including 227 thousand tons of metallurgical coke

Business cannot solve many new problems without authorities involvement

The negative balance of foreign trade in January-May decreased by 9.3%

In monetary terms, the export of raw materials for six months decreased by 21.1%

Transportation of ferrous metals for export in the first half of the year reached 3.7 million tons