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The raw material base of the titanium industries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is assessed, with a focus on the geology and mineralogy of producing and prospective deposits and prevailing end-use patterns in CIS and the world as a whole. Upon the break-up of the USSR, Ukraine was the only supplier of titanium ore for the titanium...
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... However, with respect to titanium, which is another other light-weight, high-strength metal that can be alloyed with steel, Ukraine has the potential to produce ferrotitanium. At the time of the disintegration of the USSR, Ukraine was the only former Soviet republic mining titanium ore (see Levine et al., 1995 , pp. 54-56) and has substantial reserves of titanium. Although titanium sponge production was drastically curtailed at the Zaporizhzhya Titanium-Magnesium Combine, its director has argued that demand in the Ukrainian steel industry is sufficient to increase titanium output for ferrotitanium production, which could be started at the plant for this purpose (FBIS-UST-97-005, September 1, 1996). ...
Two specialists on the mineral industries of the countries of the former USSR survey current problems confronting producers of ferrous metals in Ukraine and future prospects for domestic production and exports. A series of observations documenting the importance of ferrous metals production to Ukraine's economy is followed by sections describing investment plans and needs in the sector, and the role played by Ukraine within the iron and steel industry of the Soviet Union. The focus then turns to assessment of the current regional and global competitive position of Ukrainian producers for each of the major commodities of the sector-iron ore, manganese ore, ferroalloys, steel, and the products of the machine manufacturing and metal working industries. In conclusion, the paper discusses a potential regional industrial integration strategy analogous to that employed in the United States' Great Lakes/Midwest region, which possesses similar types of iron ore deposits and similar transport cost advantages and metallurgical and manufacturing industries. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: F14, L61, L72. 1 table, 26 references.
A senior World Bank economist and two American specialists on the Russian economy examine the patterns of U.S. imports from the USSR and independent Russia since the advent of U.S.-Soviet detente. The authors track imports of seven Russian mineral products exposed to formal dumping investigations in the U.S., assessing the legal basis for such intervention, and identifying a variety of factors influencing trade in the imported commodities. Case studies for each commodity focus on the acceleration of imports from Russia, the share of such imports in U.S. total imports and consumption, and changes in commodity prices relating to the imports. Statistical compilations cover the period from 1970 to February 1998. Analysis of overall trade patterns and case-study information provides a basis for assessing the impact of imports on affected U.S. industries as well as of antidumping measures on Russian exports. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: F13, F14, K20. 3 figures, 11 tables, 49 references.
