Dutch mining and metallurgical holding with assets in Ukraine Metinvest B.V. (Metinvest) said about the crisis on the steel market and the disappointing forecasts regarding future steel prices. In this regard, the company of Rinat Akhmetov and Vadim Novinsky has developed measures to optimize costs, which will help the company to overcome the "difficult economic situation with minimum losses".
In particular, Metinvest was forced to cut investment program 2019. The company will suspend the implementation of certain projects, in addition to critical, provided technology strategy, and projects with significant environmental impact, the report said the group, which is in the possession NV Business.
the company will also conduct an optimization aimed at reducing permanent and administrative costs.
"On mass reductions on the production of the question: the optimization measures raised in the first place, administrative staff and management company. In the beginning of 2020 will be reduced to 30% of the administrative staff," the report said, with the clarification that Metinvest is developing a joint programme with the city authorities for the employment of its employees.
the company Also will suspend the employment of staff existing jobs and limit the set of people in place of employees who took the decision to dismiss, with the exception of critical professions. In addition, there will be reduced spending on travel, stopped updating the fleet.
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we will Remind that in January of 2016 due to the lower cost of metal in world markets, Metinvest also announced a reduction of up to 30% of administrative staff and other activities to optimize costs.
Metinvest is an international vertically integrated mining and metallurgical group of companies. The structure of the group consists of mining and metallurgical enterprises in Ukraine, Europe and USA and has sales network in major regions of the world. By the end of 2018 Metinvest received about 1.2 billion net profit. In the first half of 2019 group net profit decreased by 39% compared to the same period last year, to 408 million dollars.
Main shareholders Metinvest B.V. (Metinvest) are a group of "SCM" Rinat Akhmetov (71,24%) and "Smart holding" Vadim Novinsky (from 23.76%), partnering in company's management. Group head office is located in the Hague, the Netherlands.
, OOO "Metinvest holding" - managing company of Metinvest group.
