Ukraine steel investments in Q1 dip by 40% YoY

According to the data issued by the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in Q1 2010 Ukrainian steelmakers, members of Metallurgprom, invested a total of UAH 620.8 million in the expansion of their production facilities, down by 39.4% YoY compared to Q1 2009.

	Amount, million UAH	Change, %
Donetsk region	267.9	-49.1
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works	50.97	-7.6
Azovstal Iron and Steel Works	12.2	x 2 times
Makeyevka Iron and Steel Works	101.3	-55.4
Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works	62.2	-55.1
Donetskstal	10.1	-66.1
Dnepropetrovsk region	207.97	60.6
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih	130.5	59.3
Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works	74.3	86.1
Dnepropetrovsk Iron and Steel Works	0.59	-86.3
Comintern Steel Works	2.6	-22.1
Zaporozhie region	68.8	-72.3
Zaporizhstal	59.9	-75.4
Dneprospetsstal	8.9	84.9
Lugansk region	76.1	-36.9
Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works	76.1	-36.9
Total	620.8	-39.4

Capital investments of Ukrainian steel producers, members of Metallurgprom, amounted to UAH 5.034 billion in 2009,  UAH 8.5875 in 2008 while in 2007 their investments reached UAH 10.5127 billion. (SteelOrbis)
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