21 July 2013, 08:00
To the personnel and veterans
of mining and iron and steel industry
Dear friends!
My sincere congratulations with your professional holiday!
To be a miner or a metallurgist in Ukraine – is a very important and honorable deed. These complicated professions give people a stable character, perseverance, courage and fortitude.
Your hard work is worthy of honor and respect. Today, you continue glorious traditions of Ukrainian metallurgists and miners that were born during the first five-year plans. Our enterprises occupy leading positions in the world, make significant contribution to the economy of the country.
Iron and steel industry, mining, exploration and mining of fossil minerals still remain one of the few areas of modern industry, which are essential to ensure a high level of technical machinery, petrochemicals and oil refining, agriculture and defense systems, medicine and health care, manufacturing of household appliances and goods.
I am convinced that you teams can solve the most complicated tasks. High professionalism, feeling of responsibility and dedication to the profession serve as a guarantee of future success of the industry.
In this holiday, I wish all metallurgists and miners health, happiness and prosperity in every family, new successes in labor for good of Ukraine!
Volodymyr RYBAK