Ukraine: PGOK accounts arrested

Shevchenkovskiy district court of Kyiv has arrested bank accounts of Poltava Mining and Processing Works. All the payment operations of the company, except for the payment of taxes, have been suspended. “The court took the decision based on the claim of the Prosecutor General’s Office under a case of rent payment evasion,” the company press…

Ukraine: court freezes Poltava GOK shares

A Ukrainian court has limited 50.3% of Ferrexpo Poltava Mining (FPM) shares, belonging to Ferrexpo AG Switzerland, the only shareholder. Ferrexpo AG says the arrest does not affect the ownership of the shares, but prohibits their transfer. The group believes this is connected with issues of the company beneficiary Konstantin Zhevago and a company he…