NORMS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE WTO

In its previous issue, The Metal started a series of publications devoted to Ukraine’s accession to the World Trade Organization. This article was prepared based on analysis of the GATT agreements, and describes the system of WTO norms and principles Читати далі

NIKOPOL PIVDENNOTRUBNY WORKS: RESTRUCTURING CONTINUES

June 2000 saw completion of the first stage of restructuring in Dnepropetrovsk region’s public joint-stock company Nikopol Pivdennotrubny Works, one of the largest tube-making mills in the world.

POWDER METALLURGY OF UKRAINE: LAGGING BEHIND THE WORLD

Over the past decades the global powder metallurgy has witnessed stable development. Nowadays, output of iron powders equals to 750,000 tonnes per year. World sales of P/M products reached USD 5 billion in the year of 1998.

IMPORTS TAKE MORE MONEY than establishment of local precision tube-making

Needless to prove that technical progress in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, automotive industry, radio electronics, aerospace construction and nuclear engineering directly relates to application of precision tubes made of nonferrous metal