The number of residents in Poland has fallen by 130,000 since last June, one of the highest annual population declines in a decade, the Associated Press (AP) reported, citing a report by Poland’s Central Statistical Office.
“A preliminary report from the Central Statistical Office says there were about 130,000 fewer Poles in the EU country at the end of June than a year earlier. This is one of the highest population declines in Poland since 2010,” AP informs.
According to preliminary data, in the first half of this year recorded about 14 thousand fewer births compared to the same period in 2022. AP notes that such indicators are noted against the background of measures protecting the family and low unemployment, which in June amounted to about 5%.
There were also 34 more deaths than births for every 10,000 people in the first half of 2023. Last year this figure was 21.
Now there are about 37.7 million people in Poland, which is 800 thousand less than in 2010.
Kametstal” plant of mining and metallurgical group “Metinvest”, created at the facilities of Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works (DMK, Kamenskoye, Dnepropetrovsk region), in the converter shop implements a program to improve the stability of motors on continuous casting machine (CCM) streams.
According to the press release, this program is carried out for more reliable operation of the main equipment.
It is specified that the operation of motors on the caster creeks in high-temperature conditions and aggressive environment leads to their frequent failure and, consequently, to the reduction of the overhaul period. That is why the team consisting of specialists from the Engineering Directorate, BOF Shop, Chief Power Engineer Department with the participation of Metinvest-Promservice specialists set a task to increase the service life of the equipment.
Within the framework of the program, the CCM has already installed shelters-casing in the places of ingots exit to the block of pulling-right mechanism for additional protection of motors from radiation of red-hot metal, installed a powerful aerator for additional cooling of motors.
“Now specialists are working on the selection of the optimal type of lubricant, which largely determines the stability of the bearings and, consequently, the endurance of the engines. The solution of the task of extending the life of the engines on the creeks will improve the production performance and product quality of the CCM – this is an additional opportunity to avoid unscheduled stoppages of the creeks, to increase the inter-repair periods of equipment operation and, thus, to increase the efficiency of the shop,” said Denis Yeskov, the head of the converter shop, who is quoted by the press service.
“Kametstal” was created on the basis of PJSC “Dneprovsky Coke and Chemical Plant” (DCCP) and CEC of PJSC “Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works” (DMK).
According to the report of Metinvest Group’s parent company for 2020, Metinvest B.V. (Netherlands) owned 100% of DKHZ shares.
Nova Posta Group delivered more than 170 million parcels and cargoes in January-June 2023, which is 9% more than in the same period of pre-war 2021.
According to the company’s press service, the growth in volumes is due to the fact that Nova Posta continued to invest in infrastructure development across Ukraine increasing the number of outlets of various types by 935.
“The total number of outlets exceeds 10 thousand, and the number of postmarkets – 14 thousand. Now the network of postmarkets “Nova Posta” – the second largest in Europe”, – stated in the message of the company.
It is noted that the company continues to develop the network in the frontline and liberated territories. Now 388 offices work in the de-occupied territory of Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson regions.
In addition, Nova Posta delivered 4.2 million international parcels in the first half of the year, which is 34% more than in the same period of 2021.
International delivery is performed by its own company Supernova Airlines. Since the start of flights in May this year in partnership with Latvia’s RAF-Avia, the airline has operated 14 flights and delivered 250,000 international parcels.
In addition, during March-June 2023, the company entered the market in four countries and opened 21 branches in Lithuania, Czech Republic, Romania, Germany and Poland.
“In Poland, Nova Post operates 32 branches and two sorting terminals. The number of delivered shipments between Ukraine and Poland for six months – 450 thousand. 250 thousand individuals and 1.8 thousand business representatives have already used the services,” – said in “Nova Post”.
The company in the first half of the year paid 5.1 billion UAH of taxes and fees to the budgets of Ukraine at all levels, which is 75% more than in the same period last year.
The network of Nova Posta Group, founded in 2001, now has more than 10 thousand outlets and 14 thousand post offices in Ukraine. It provides a full range of logistics and related services.
According to Standard-Rating, Novaya Posta’s revenue in the first quarter of 2023 increased 2.1 times to UAH 8 billion 83.1 million, EBITDA – almost 4.4 times to UAH 1 billion 307.8 million, and net profit – almost eight times to UAH 1 billion 54.91 million.
Natural gas reserves in Ukrainian underground gas storages (UGS) have reached 11.7 billion cubic meters of gas, and 1.5 million tons of coal are in the warehouses of power plants, Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said.
“We are also preparing the heat and power sector for winter. Repairs of cogeneration plants, boiler houses, thermal power plants are going on as planned. 11.7 billion cubic meters of gas has already been pumped into Ukrainian gas reservoirs. This is almost 80% of the demand. We have 1.5 million tons of coal in stock, we plan to reach the figure of 1.8 million tons,” Shmygal said at a meeting of the Ukrainian government on Tuesday.
The head of the government called on the Ministry of Recovery, the Ministry of Energy, Ukrenergo and Naftogaz Ukrainy “to maximum concentration of efforts and mobilization of resources.”
As reported, Ukraine has 12 UGS facilities with a total design capacity of 31 billion cubic meters. The country plans to enter the 2023/24 heating season with 14.7bn cu.m. of reserves.
Ukraine’s state budget on Tuesday received the sixth tranche of EUR1.5 billion as part of the EU’s large-scale macro-financial assistance for 2023, the Finance Ministry said.
The ministry specified that since the beginning of the year Ukraine has already received EUR10.5 billion of macro-financial aid from the EU out of the total funding of EUR18 billion.
“Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the EU has sent EUR17.7 billion of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine. These funds have contributed to maintaining macroeconomic stability in the country, as well as help finance priority state budget expenditures in a timely and full manner,” Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said in the release.
The Finance Ministry recalled that the funds are provided on unprecedentedly favorable terms for Ukraine and are used to finance priority state budget expenditures. In particular, the loan repayment period is 35 years, while interest and other debt service payments will be compensated by the EU countries instead of Ukraine if Ukraine meets the conditions under the program.
The next tranches under the large-scale macrofinancial assistance program will be received by the state budget during 2023, subject to Ukraine’s fulfillment of the conditions agreed upon by the parties, the Finance Ministry said.
As reported, as of July 21 this year, the state budget of Ukraine received funding from international partners in the amount of $23.6bn, compared to $32.1bn last year, while the need for this year is about $42bn.
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