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Ukraine: December
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Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NZF), Ukraine's biggest ferroalloy producer, raised ferroalloy production 16.5% year-over-year in 2007 to 1.0403 million tonnes. Over the twelve months, the company increased output of silicon manganese by 22.3% to 768,100 tonnes and ferromanganese by 4.5% to 272,200 tonnes. In December, NZF produced 86,600 tonnes of ferroalloys, including 62,200 tonnes of silicon manganese and 24,400 tonnes of ferromanganese.
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In November 2006, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) selected Ukraine to be eligible to apply for compact assistance. Ukraine already participates in the MCC Threshold Program, and in December 2006 signed a $45 million Threshold Program agreement. This program, which began implementation in early 2007, aims to reduce corruption in the public sector through civil society monitoring and advocacy, judicial reform, increased government monitoring and enforcement of ethical and administrative standards, streamlining and enforcing regulations, and combating corruption in higher education. Ukraine is beginning the process of developing a Compact proposal, and successful implementation of the Threshold Program will be necessary before the MCC will enter into a Compact with Ukraine. Information is ... available on the MCC website at the following address: http://www.mcc.gov/.
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Inhulets Mining, Ukraine's biggest producer of iron ore concentrate, increased commercial output by 4.7% year-on-year to UAH 2.406 billion in constant prices in 2007. Production in December alone was up 0.1% year-on-year to UAH 195.909 million. Inhulets produced 14.023 million tonnes of concentrate in 2007, including 1.135 million tonnes in December, respectively 5% and 0.8% more than a year earlier.
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