Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises in January 2020 reduced steel production by 0.4% compared to the same period in 2019, to 1.843 million tonnes, remaining at the 12th place in the ranking of 64 countries, the major global manufacturers of these products, compiled by the World Steel Association (Worldsteel).
In January, a decrease in steel production from January 2019 was recorded in a half of the countries of the top ten steel producing countries.
The top ten steel producing countries according to January results are as follows: China (84.269 million tonnes, an increase of 7.2%), India (9.288 million tonnes, a decrease of 3.2%), Japan (8.244 million tonnes, an increase of 1.3%), the United States (7.707 million tonnes, an increase of 2.5%), Russia (6 million tonnes, a fall of 4.1%), South Korea (5.753 million tonnes, a decline of 8%), Turkey (3.014 million tonnes, an increase of 17.3%), Iran (2,895 million tonnes, an increase of 46.9%), Germany (2.845 million tonnes, a drop of 17.7%) and Brazil (2.680 million tonnes, a decrease of 11.1%).
They are followed by Italy (1.874 million tonnes, a decline of 4.9%), Ukraine (1.843 million tonnes, a decline of 0.4%), Taiwan (China, 1.7 million tonnes, a decrease of 14.6%), Vietnam (1.53 million tonnes, a decrease of 12.4%) and Mexico (1.375 million tonnes, a decrease of 15.9%).
In January 2020, 64 countries produced 154.436 million tonnes of steel, which is 2.1% more than in January 2019.
The State Agency of Automobile Roads of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) and JSC Ukrzaliznytsia have agreed to coordinate the logistics of construction materials deliveries to facilities being built as part of the government’s Big Construction program, the Ukravtodor Telegram channel reported.
The parties agreed on an optimal model for the information exchange to ensure timely delivery of raw materials to the Big Construction facilities.
“Ukravtodor assumes a coordinating role for the proper planning of freight traffic along the Ukrzaliznytsia routes. Ambitious plans require well-coordinated work of public and private institutions, so with reasonable coordination, we will avoid delays and breakdowns in repairs,” Oleksandr Kubrakov, the head of Ukravtodor, said.
The information exchange on the volumes of raw materials needed to be transported and maintenance of the repair schedule will take place on the basis of Ukravtodor for the purpose of centralized planning of all work.
Remigiusz Paszkiewicz, a member of the board of Ukrzaliznytsia, in turn, said that using Ukrzaliznytsia railways are important for freight transportation, as it unloads roads and reduces transportation cost.
Ookla (the United States), the developer of Speedtest service, has said that Kyivstar mobile communication operator is Ukraine’s Speedtest Awards Winner for mobile network speed, according to the Ookla Speedtest report posted on the Speedtest website.
According to the report, in 2019, the company made over 3.15 million test counts for subscribers of all mobile operators. In particular, the total number of test counts in the Kyivstar network was 1.53 million with average download speed of 22.02 Mbps (17.94 Mbps in 2018) and average upload speed of 12.88 Mbps (8.99 Mbps).
Some 0.973 million test counts were made in the Vodafone Ukraine network with average download speed of 19.37 Mbps and average upload speed of 11.16 Mbps (14 Mbps and 6.63 Mbps in 2018), and in the lifecell network 0.583 million test counts were made with average download speed of 19.42 Mbps and average upload speed of 9.24 Mbps (16.64 Mbps and 6.69 Mbps).
According to Ookla, Kyivstar’s Speed Score was 20.31, lifcell’s – 17.77 and Vodafone Ukraine’s – 17.93. Speed Score incorporates a measure of each provider’s download and upload speed to rank network speed performance.
A total of 566,300 unique devices launched the Speedtest application in Ukraine, including iPhone 7 (27,600 test counts), Redmi Note 5 Pro (25,700 test counts), Redmi Note 4 (20,700 test counts), iPhone 6s (20,500 test counts), and iPhone X (18,100 test counts).
At the same time, in Kharkiv, according to Ookla, the speed of mobile Internet is on average higher than in Kyiv. So, Kyivstar’s Speed Score in this city was 25.08, while in Kyiv it was 19.79. Speed Score of lifecell in Kharkiv was 22.17, and in Kyiv was 18.06.
At the same time, the Speed Score of Vodafone Ukraine in Kharkiv was 16.87, while in Kyiv it was 18.88.
Vega, a large Ukrainian telecoms operator, in 2019 received UAH 661 million in net income, which is 3% more than in 2018, the company has said.
According to the operator’s press release, EBITDA reached UAH 192.2 million, which is 17% more than last year.
In 2019, the number of users of Vega high-speed optical Internet increased by 1.5 times.
In general, revenues from the provision of telecommunications services to customers using high-speed fiber-optic communications channels in 2019 rose by UAH 53.7 million, to UAH 195.5 million.
The company notes that the number of fixed-line users has slightly decreased, while in the reporting year, telephony brought the provider UAH 151.7 million of income.
“We are following the course of digital transformation and approaching the goal of transferring all subscribers to modern high-speed fiber-optic technologies. In 2019, Vega also upgraded the switches, integrated the new IP-MPLS core of the network and successfully migrated resources and services to the next generation routers, which allowed us to improve the quality of our services and had a positive impact on the financial results of the business,” Vega CEO Murat Chynar said.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada François-Philippe Champagne will visit Ukraine with a working visit on March 4.
The visit will last until March 6, the press service of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada reported.
“In Kyiv, Ukraine, Minister Champagne will meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President; Oleksiy Honcharuk, Prime Minister; and Vadym Prystaiko, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the close ties between our two countries, the on-going threats to Ukraine’s security and territorial integrity as well as our support for economic and democratic reforms in Ukraine,” the press service said.
Minister Champagne will also speak with his counterpart about joint response of Ukraine and Canada to the Flight PS752 tragedy in Iran.
Champagne will also visit troops deployed to Operation UNIFIER at the International Peacekeeping and Security Centre in Yavoriv, Ukraine.
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