According to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine (Ukrstat), in the January-July period of the current year the Ukrainian metallurgical industry posted an overall loss of UAH 847.5 million ($106 million).
In particular, 56.8 percent of Ukrainian metallurgical companies recorded a combined profit of UAH 5.652 billion ($706.5 million), while 43.2 percent of companies saw a combined loss of UAH 6.499 billion ($812.4 million) in the given period