In January-March, Metinvest paid 4.2 billion UAH of taxes, up 1.7-fold YoY. The subsoil use tax was the largest – 1.3 billion UAH, up 7.5-fold. The group has also increased payments of personal income tax – by 22%, to 791 million UAH. Moreover, Metinvest paid 870 million UAH of the sole social payment, up by…
The metal industry of Ukraine is gradually reviving with the launch of the alternative maritime corridor. In Q1, pig iron manufacture grew by 32.1% YoY, rolled metal – by 35.5% and steel – by 36.6% YoY. Exports increased by 61.8%, to 1.02 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2023, Ferrexpo paid $465 thousand of dividends. As the company shares are in GBP, dividends have also been paid in the British currency. Moreover, in 2023, the company paid $39.517 million on 2021 interim dividends ($0.066 per share), $38.679 million of final dividends for 2021 ($0.066) and $76.899 million of interim dividends for 2022…
Kumtor Gold Company CJSC will pay Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC $151.3 million in dividends, up by $11.3 million YoY. After Kumtor pays dividends to the state for last year, Kyrgyzstan’s total income from the gold mining company’s shares for 2022 and 2023 will be $291.3 million. This exceeds the amount of dividends received by the country from…
The Commission of the State Council on Energy warns of a heavy crisis in the coal industry of Russia. This year, it could sustain losses of up to 450 billion rubles, which would exceed its income for the previous two years. The crisis is due to the drop in coal prices, increase in logistics costs…
Uzbekistan plans to stop regulating the prices of coal. This decision is outlined in a government resolution of Uzbekistan. The country intends to abandon state control over coal prices, a change that is linked to a recent resolution by the Cabinet of Ministers regarding increases in electricity and gas tariffs. At present, coal is categorized…
In 2023, Ferrexpo received a loss of $85 million, as opposed to a profit of $220 million in 2022. Revenue decreased by 47.8%, to $652 million. EBITDA dropped 5.9-fold, to $130 million, and capital investments – by 31%, to $101 million. Pellets manufacture fell by 36.5%, to $3.8 million. (Ukrainian metal)
Dniprovskiy Iron and Steel Works has produced a mine skip with larger volume and higher lifting capacity. This is the first such skip produced at the company. The work was carried out under the vertical integration with the Sukha Balka mine. The volume of the skip is 25 cubic meters and lifting capacity is 53…
