Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises in July this year reduced steel production by 85% compared to the same period in 2021, to 281,000 tonnes, taking 35th place in the ranking of 64 countries – the world’s main producers of this product, compiled by the World Steel Association (Worldsteel).
According to Worldsteel data released on Tuesday, in July 2022, a decrease in steel production was recorded in most countries of the top ten, except for India and Iran, versus July 2021.
The top ten steel-producing countries in July are as follows: China (81.430 million tonnes, a decrease of 6.4% compared to July 2021), India (10.070 million tonnes, an increase of 3.2%), Japan (7.326 million tonnes , less by 8.5%), the USA (7.002 million tonnes, less by 6.4%), South Korea (6.086 million tonnes, less by 0.6%), Russia (5.5 million tonnes, less by 13.2%), Germany (2.972 million tonnes, less by 2%), Brazil (2.823 million tonnes, less by 8.7%), Turkey (2.684 million tonnes, less by 20.7%) and Iran (2.012 million tonnes, an increase of 34.1%).
Ukraine is in 35th position with 281,000 tonnes of steel (85% less by July 2021). In June this year, the country produced 295,000 tonnes, in May – 308,000 tonnes, in April – 281,000 tonnes, in March – 200,000 tonnes, in February – 1.374 million tonnes, and in January – 1.851 million tonnes.
In general, in July this year, steel production in the world decreased by 6.5% compared to the same period last year, to 149.277 million tonnes.
Over seven months of 2022, the top ten steel-producing countries look like this: China (609.280 million tonnes, a decrease of 6.4%), India (73.305 million tonnes, an increase of 8%), Japan (53.322 million tonnes, a decrease of 4. 9%), the USA (48.036 million tonnes, less by 3%), the Russian Federation (41.432 million tonnes, decrease by 7%), South Korea (39.918 million tonnes, less by 3.4%), Germany (22.532 million tonnes, less by 5.1%), Turkey (21.639 million tonnes, a decrease of 6.9%), Brazil (20.285 million tonnes, a decrease of 3.5%) and Iran (17.394 million tonnes, an increase of 3.7%).
Ukraine, following the results of seven months of this year, took 20th place with the smelting of 4.820 million tonnes of steel (less by 62.1%).
In general, in January-July 2022, some 64 countries produced 1.102 billion tonnes of steel, which is 5.4% less than in the same period in 2021.
On August 22, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on amendments to some legal acts of Ukraine on measures of civil protection during planning and development of territories, which, in particular, provides for mandatory placement of bomb shelters in new buildings.
According to the press service of the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine, the law provides for a change in approaches to the forming of a system of civil protection structures in the planning and development of territories at the stage of urban planning documentation at the regional and local levels. In particular, the documentation must necessarily contain a section of engineering and technical measures for civil protection, defining a plan for the development of protective structures and ensuring unhindered access to shelters.
“Today, more than ever, Ukraine needs the development of a network of reliable shelters and storage facilities that will protect people from the risks associated with hostilities. The development of such a network should become mandatory and ubiquitous, which will make our communities safer and more secure,” Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine Oleksiy Chernyshov said.
As reported, the Verkhovna Rada adopted respective bill No. 7398 on July 29.
Mining enterprises of Ukraine in January-July this year reduced the export of iron ore raw materials (IORM) in physical terms by 28.8% compared to the same period last year – up to 18 million 571.940 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (STS), over the specified period, foreign exchange earnings from the export of iron ore decreased by 49.8% – to $ 2 billion 357.073 million.
Iron ore was exported mainly to Slovakia (19.80% of deliveries in monetary terms), China (16.07%) and Poland (15.6%).
During the reporting period, IORM was imported to Ukraine for $14 thousand in a total volume of 25 tons, while in January-July 2021, iron ore for $130 thousand was imported in a total volume of 1,134 thousand tons. Imports for January-July 2022 were carried out from Britain (78.57%), Italy (14.29%) and the Russian Federation (7.14%).
As reported, Ukraine in 2021 reduced the export of iron ore raw materials (IORM) in physical terms by 4.2% compared to 2020 – up to 44 million 357.727 thousand tons, but increased revenue by 62.8% – up to $6 billion 899.816 million The export of iron ore was carried out mainly to China (41.90% of supplies in monetary terms), the Czech Republic (9.65%) and Poland (7.99%).
Last year, IORM was imported to Ukraine for $184 thousand in a total volume of 1.202 thousand tons, while in 2020 123 tons of iron ore for $75 thousand were imported. Imports for 2021 were carried out from Egypt (55.98%), the Netherlands ( 21.2%) and Poland (7.07%).
The profit of Ukrainian banks in January-July 2022 decreased by 10.8 times – to UAH 3.4 billion, the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported on Tuesday.
According to the regulator, the income of banks for 7 months of this year increased by 26% against the figure for the same period last year – up to UAH 189.082 billion. Including commission income increased by 20.5% to UAH 112.374 billion.
At the same time, the result from the revaluation and from purchase and sale operations was positive and amounted to UAH 27.214 billion, while for the same period last year it was negative and amounted to UAH 409 billion.
At the same time, the expenses of the banking system in January-July 2022 increased by 1.68 times compared to this indicator in 2021 – up to UAH 185.675 billion, including deductions to reserves – by 12.3 times, up to UAH 73.56 billion . At the same time, fee and commission expenses increased by 1.87% to UAH 18.8 billion,
As reported, Ukrainian banks doubled their net profit in 2021 to UAH 77.5 billion compared to UAH 41.3 billion in 2020.
The period of self-isolation of persons who had contact with a patient with Covid-19 will now be determined by the attending physician in accordance with industry standards in the field of healthcare.
The corresponding norm was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers by Resolution No. 928 of August 19, which is published on its website.
Currently, this period should be 14 days, with a number of exceptions, including those who have completed a full vaccination course or have been ill in the last 180 days.
The new norm corresponds to the norm on the period of self-isolation of patients with Covid-19 and those who are suspected of being infected with Covid-19 – it is also determined by the attending physician.
In addition, as reported, the adopted resolution extended the quarantine from the end of August to the end of December this year.
According to the results of last year, Ukraine became the world leader in increasing the fleet of agricultural unmanned spraying drones, overtaking Brazil, Argentina and the countries of East Asia, according to the Facebook page of the Ukrainian integrator of unmanned solutions DroneUа.
According to him, at the end of 2021, the fields of Ukraine were treated by about 1.5 thousand spraying drones, and their number continues to grow. The company predicts that by the end of the agricultural season in 2022, the area cultivated by agricultural drones will double, to 2 million hectares from 1 million hectares last year.
“Agrodrones are an additional harvest due to the absence of technological tracks – up to 4% with classical ground processing and zero damage to tall crops. Last year, Ukraine produced an additional 157 thousand tons of crops per 1 million hectares of crops processed by drones. This is food for a full daily ration at least 160,000 people in Africa,” the company said in a statement.
Thus, the double growth of acreage treated by spraying drones will provide Ukraine with up to 300,000 tons of additional crop this season.
In addition, the use of agricultural drones saves an average of 5.5 million tons of fuel per 1 million hectares of cultivated land, reduces water use by about 200 thousand tons, and also reduces the carbon footprint by 14 thousand tons.
“Agricultural drones are changing the model of farming. Technical resources will be attracted exclusively through external contractors – service companies that take responsibility for the maintenance of equipment, staff training, and the high-quality performance of technological operations,” DroneUA emphasized in the message.
According to the DroneUA website, the company is the largest importer and distributor of drones in the market of Ukraine and Eastern Europe, presents technological solutions from the brands XAG, EcoFlow, Pix4D, Parrot, Chasing, DroneDeploy, AgroCares, etc. The group of companies has its own engineering, manufacturing and service divisions, a data processing center has been opened.
The technological solutions presented by DroneUA are used on more than 4 million hectares of sown areas in Ukraine.
