Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises: current trends and place in the global metallurgical industry
Metallurgy industry plays one of the central roles in economy of Ukraine. It meets the need of the country not only in ferrous and nonferrous metal, but also acts as one of the main currency source, selling products for export. Due to information of the World Steel Association (WSA) during last fifteen years, Ukraine has been included into the list of the world biggest producers of metallurgy product. Article analyses statistic data of the World Steel Association about production of cast iron, crude steel, ingots, hot-rolled metal, tubes and tube fittings by the biggest country-producers during 2000-2014 years. Author assesses dynamic of volumes of metallurgy production in Ukraine and reveals main tendencies in the steel industry. It is determined that domestic metallurgy is constantly losing its positions on the world metallurgy market. Evaluation of modern metallurgy production state has given ability to make a conclusion about necessity of elaboration and realization of innovative development strategies by national metallurgy enterprises.