The head of the Cabinet of Ministers signed a decree on imposing a temporary ban on the export of scrap and waste ferrous metals, ferrous metal ingots for remelting (charge ingots) from Kyrgyzstan. According to the document, a temporary ban has been imposed for six months on the export of scrap and waste ferrous metals,…
One of iron and steel works in Dnipro is carrying out ecological modernization. In particular, the company is sealing coking chambers by way of ceramic surfacing. Thanks to this, coke gas does not get into atmosphere. This decreases the level of man-made burden on environment. The works started after numerous complaints from locals on unpleasant…
One of the largest plants and biggest environment polluters in Kamenskoye is Kametstal. This is the merger of Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Combine and Dneprovsky By-Product Coke Plant. In 2023, air in Kamenskoye was declared the dirtiest in Ukraine after Dnipro, according to UA War Infographics. Lately, citizens have been complaining about air quality. A…
The State Property Fund will try to sell 97.55% of the Zaporizhia Aluminum Works’ shares on August 22. The auction will be held in the Prozorro.Sales system. At the first auction the price was set at 152 million UAH. For the second auction the price was decreased to 75.93 million UAH. The auction had to…
The State Property Fund intends to privatize Mykolaiv Alumina Plant that previously belonged to the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. According to the decision of the Supreme Anticorruption Court, 100% of the company corporate rights belonging to Deripaska were transferred to the state. Moreover, more than 150 buildings and 200 transport means were also confiscated. The…
In January-July, Ukraine exported 1.11 million tons of semi-finished steel products, up by 68.1% YoY. According to the State Customs Service, in July exports amounted to 219.3 thousand tons, up by 83.1% MoM and by 100.7% YoY. This was the largest result since January, when 222.22 thousand tons were exported. Average monthly exports this year…
In July, Ukraine did not export manganese ore. Exports resumed in January after a 2-year break, but were again suspended in February. According to the State Customs Service, in January Ukraine exported 44.903 thousand tons of ore valued at $6.563 million to the USA. At the same time, over 7 months Ukraine imported 17.811 thousand…
Kyrgyzstan increased gold exports by 18.75% YoY in the first half of 2024, to 5.7 tons. In value terms, exports amounted to $405 million. In the first half of last year, 4.8 tons of gold were exported for $302 million. The main deliveries were to: Great Britain – more than 2.8 tons for $212 million,…