The KAMET-STEEL metallurgical plant (Metinvest) announced that at the end of 2025, it received a license from the Lithuanian Construction Products Certification Center (Statybos produkcijos sertifikavimo centras / SPSC) to supply B500SP and B500B grade reinforcing bars to that country.
Since the beginning of the year, Zaporizhstal has shipped 22,000 tons of hot-rolled structural steel products to the Romanian company Metinvest Tubular Iași, which became part of Metinvest at the end of 2025. In total, this year the Ukrainian company is to supply 180,000 tons of hot-rolled raw materials certified according to the European…… Read more »
Interpipe announces that it has mastered the production of pump and compressor pipes with PTFE sealing rings, which allows the company to strengthen its position in the segment of high-tech products for the oil and gas industry.
Energy companies OMV Petrom (currently owned by the Austrian oil company OMV) and NewMed Energy Balkan (NewMed Energy, Israel) have signed a contract to drill two wells at the Khan Asparuh block in the Black Sea (off the coast of Bulgaria) for exploration.
On July 18, the EU Council adopted the new 18th package of sanctions against Russia, which covers the energy and port sectors.
The European Commission and Ukraine have concluded negotiations on updating the trade liberalization provisions of the Association Agreement governing the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA).
The Romanian government has extended the mandatory licensing of imports of Ukrainian agri-food products until December 31, 2025. This was reported by the country’s Ministry of Agriculture, emphasizing that this decision is aimed at protecting national producers and food security.
The European Commission’s Decision No. 2025/1132 of June 3 established the size of quotas on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products, which will come into force on June 6 and will be in force until the end of this year.
Al Dahra (United Arab Emirates) and Getreide AG Ukraine (Ukrainian branch of the German Getreide AG) have entered into an exclusive agreement on grain purchases in Ukraine. The new partnership is expected to provide Al Dahra with direct access to Ukrainian wheat, corn and barley exports.
MHP Group has announced the launch of commercial production of liquefied biomethane and the successful completion of the first exports of Ukrainian Bio-LNG to the European Union.