Daily monitor

Zaporizhya Ferroalloys [ZFER UZ, N/R] produced 324.4 thsd mt of ferroalloys in 8M08, down 1.5% YoY. According to Interfax-Ukraine, FeSi (45%) output was up 9.5% to 48.4 thsd mt, SiMn output was down 13.9% to 194.7 thsd mt, FeMn output was up 51.7% to 76.3 thsd mt, and the output of metallic Mn was down 41.9% to 5 thsd mt.

Stakhaniv Ferroalloys [SFER UZ, N/R] produced 169.8 thsd mt of ferroalloys in 8M08, up 5.7% YoY. According to Interfax-Ukraine, FeSi (45%) output was up 26.6% to 69.5 thsd mt, while SiMn output was down 18.5% to 86.1 thsd mt.

Nikopol Ferroalloys [NFER UZ, N/R] produced 687.7 thsd mt of ferroalloys in 8M08, down 3.8% YoY. According to Interfax-Ukraine, SiMn output was down 13.8% to 465 thsd mt, whereas FeMn output was up 26.8% to 22.7 thsd mt.

Yesterday, September 9, the Bogdan Corporation opened a new plant for assembling ISUZU trucks with a capacity of 15 thsd vehicles per year.

Azovmash has won a tender for supplying six protective sets for the dry storage of waste nuclear fuel containers with a protective ring.

The TAS financial-industrial group does not intend to create a joint venture with the Privat Group in the form of a machine-building holding for the time being.

The AGM of Ukrnafta [UNAF UZ, Strong BUY], scheduled for today, failed.

According to the State Statistics Committee, in July 2008 Ukraine exported 1.77 mln tons of grain, totaling USD 481.9 bln.

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers announced forecasted figures for GDP, inflation, unemployment and the budget for 2009.

According to Volodymyr Prihodko, the Head of the Board of Directors for Kryukiv Railcar [KVBZ, BUY], this September the company launched the production of the first railway bus.