http://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/Last newsenMO.SThttp://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/12/80/http://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/12/80/Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0300The Supervisory Board of Khartsyzsk Pipe Plant appointed Pavel Uzbek acting General Director on 10 December, 2008.Press service Metinvest Grouphttp://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/12/82/http://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/12/82/Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0300Azovstal Steel Plant, part of Metinvest Group, has stopped using natural gas in its blast furnaces. Blast furnaces have been fuelled only by coke for iron production since November 2008. Some UAH 12m a month is saved on natural gas in the plant.Press service Metinvest Grouphttp://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/12/81/http://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/12/81/Mon, 8 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0300The Iron Ore Division (IOD) of Metinvest Group has completed the project focused on unification of applied software and optimization of IT-infrastructure.Press-service Metinvest Grouphttp://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/11/76/http://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/11/76/Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0300Igor Syry, Chief Executive Officer of METINVEST HOLDING, signed the Memorandum of Understanding developed for the Cabinet, mining and metal businesses and trade unions, on the condition that the section on Cabinet’s fixation of sale prices for rolled metal, coke, iron ore raw materials and other products in the domestic market will be omitted.Press-service Metinvest Grouphttp://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/10/79/http://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/10/79/Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0300The general shareholder meeting of Azovstal Steel Plant convened on 25 October, 2008 and approved the procedure of the profit distribution generated by the company in 2007 (UAH 2,122,712,031.74) and a part of undistributed profit made in 2006 (UAH 1,048,005,040.00).Press-service Metinvest Grouphttp://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/9/78/http://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/9/78/Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0300The audit carried out at the beginning of September by the State Property Fund of Ukraine to control the compliance of the terms and conditions of the purchase-to-sale agreement for the control stock of shares of Krasnodonugol by Avdeyevka Coke and Chemical Plant, confirms that the Company has performed the specified terms and conditions in full volume.Press-service Metinvest Grouphttp://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/9/77/http://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/9/77/Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0300Metinvest Group has completed preparation stage of the project that targets to adopt the most contemporary individual protection equipment (IPE) at all its enterprises. Press-service Metinvest Grouphttp://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/9/75/http://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/9/75/Mon, 8 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0300Moody’s Investors Service has assigned Ba3 corporate family rating to Metinvest B.V. (Netherlands).Press-service Metinvest Grouphttp://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/9/74/http://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/9/74/Wed, 3 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0300According to the official statement of Moody’s Investors Service the corporate rating of Azovstal has been upgraded from B2 to B1. Press-service Metinvest Grouphttp://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/8/73/http://www.metinvestholding.com/en/press-centre/news/2008/8/73/Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0300Metinvest Group has paid over UAH 4bn in taxes for the first seven months in 2008, which is almost twice as much year on year.Press-service Metinvest Group