Ngokusho kwewebhusayithi yaseBrithani ethi “Financial Times” ebikwe ngoMeyi 14, ngaphambi kwempi yaseRussia ne-Ukraine, isitshalo sensimbi saseMariupol i-Azov sasiyinkampani enkulu yokuthumela kwamanye amazwe, futhi insimbi yaso yayisetshenziswa ezakhiweni ezibalulekile njengeShard eLondon. Namuhla, indawo enkulu yezimboni, ebilokhu iqhunyiswa ngamabhomu, iyingxenye yokugcina yedolobha esesezandleni zabalwi base-Ukraine.
Kodwa-ke, ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi kuphansi kakhulu kunangesikhathi esidlule, futhi yize okunye ukuthunyelwa kwezimpahla kwamanye amazwe sekubuyile, kukhona nezinselele ezinkulu zokuthutha, njengokuphazamiseka kokusebenza kwechweba kanye nokuhlaselwa kwezikhali ze-missile zaseRussia kunethiwekhi yezitimela zezwe.
Ukwehla kokutholakala kwensimbi kuye kwazwakala kulo lonke elaseYurophu, kusho umbiko. Bobabili iRussia ne-Ukraine bangabathengisi bensimbi abakhulu emhlabeni. Ngaphambi kwempi, la mazwe womabili ndawonye ayenengxenye engaba ngu-20% yokungeniswa kwensimbi esiqediwe yi-EU, ngokusho kwe-Confederation of the European Steel Industry, iqembu lezohwebo embonini.
Abenzi bensimbi abaningi baseYurophu bathembele e-Ukraine ukuthola izinto zokusetshenziswa ezifana namalahle ensimbi kanye ne-iron ore.
I-Fira Expo, umvukuzi wase-Ukraine obhaliswe eLondon, ingumthengisi omkhulu wensimbi odayiswa kwamanye amazwe. Ezinye izinkampani zokukhiqiza zingenisa izinsimbi zensimbi eziyisicaba zenkampani, insimbi eyisicaba eqediwe kancane kanye ne-rebar esetshenziselwa ukuqinisa ukhonkolo kumaphrojekthi okwakha.
Le nkampani ivame ukuthumela ngaphandle cishe amaphesenti angama-50 omkhiqizo wayo e-European Union nase-United Kingdom, kusho uYuri Ryzhenkov, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Mite Investment Group. “Lena yinkinga enkulu, ikakhulukazi emazweni afana ne-Italy ne-UK. Imikhiqizo yabo eminingi eqediwe ngokuphelele ivela e-Ukraine,” kusho yena.
Enye yezinkampani ezinkulu kakhulu zokucubungula insimbi eYurophu futhi eyikhasimende lesikhathi eside leMite Investment Group, iMarcegali yase-Italy, ingenye yezinkampani okumele zincintisane ngezimpahla ezihlukile. Ngokwesilinganiso, amaphesenti angama-60 kuya kwangama-70 ezinsimbi zensimbi eziyisicaba zenkampani ayengeniswe e-Ukraine ekuqaleni.
“Kukhona ukwesaba okucishe kube khona (embonini),” kusho umphathi omkhulu wenkampani, u-Antonio Marcegalia. “Kunzima ukuthola izinto eziningi zokusetshenziswa.”
Naphezu kokukhathazeka kokuqala ngokutholakala kwemikhiqizo, iMarcegalia ithole eminye imithombo e-Asia, eJapane nase-Australia, futhi ukukhiqizwa kwayo kuqhubekile kuzo zonke izitshalo zayo, kusho umbiko.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Meyi-17-2022