The Ukrainian iron ore and steel producer Metinvest Holding (Metinvest) has announced that Metinvest-Ukraine, its subsidiary specialized in domestic and CIS sales, has increased its long product sales to neighboring countries by 45 percent year on year to 55,000 mt in the first four months of 2008.
The company's domestic longs sales during the period in question went up by 45 percent year on year to 380,000 mt.
The leading positions in the consumption of Metinvest's longs are occupied by Belarus, other CIS states and by Central Asian countries.