EXTENSIVE FACTORS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED
Development scenarios for Ukraine’s trade in the years to come.
HARDWARE PRODUCTS: MODERNIZATION NEEDS FINANCIAL BACKUP
The hardware sector manufactures a wide range of products that are in a great demand within Ukraine and abroad. In 1998 more than 28% of the sector’s output was directly exported. Approximately two thirds of this amount were dispatched to Читати далі HARDWARE PRODUCTS: MODERNIZATION NEEDS FINANCIAL BACKUP
INDICATIVE PRICES
INEXPLICABLE GENEROSITY
Dedicated to continuation of construction works at Krivoy Rog Oxidized Ore Mining and Concentrating Works.
NONFERROUS METALS
REFERENCE PRICES FOR METAL PRODUCTS
REFRACTORY POSITIONS
The major consumers of refractories are ferrous metallurgic companies (consuming 85% of produced refractories). The future of the refractory industry is in conversion to fire-free technologies and creation of the new synthetic refractory types.
STEEL TUBES
Output and exports of Ukrainian tubes stagger on and still trail behind the last year’s levels.
FERROALLOYS – ON THE THRESHOLD TO NEW MILLENIUM
Ferroalloy manufacturers of the CIS have found themselves in between the two anniversaries. In 1998, Russia’s ferroalloy manufacturing turned 90 years old, while in 2000 it will be exactly 70 years since the first electric furnace commenced its service.
THE END OF ILLUSIONS
Some 40% of the total CIS capacities for ferroalloy manufacturing are concentrated in Ukraine.