According to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine (Ukrstat), in the January-October period of the current year the Ukrainian metallurgical industry posted an overall loss of UAH 14.5 billion ($0.9 billion), up 48 percent compared to January-October 2013.
In the given period, Ukrainian metallurgical companies recorded revenues of UAH 139 billion ($8.65 billion), up 19 percent year on year, while their EBITDA margin for the given period was 4.91 percent, compared to "minus" 4.95 percent recorded in the corresponding period of 2013.