Metinvest Group’s Kametstal plant, which was set up at the facilities of Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMK, Kamianske, Dnipro Oblast), produced the first 2,957 railcar axles in March 2024 to meet the orders of Ukrainian railcar manufacturers.
According to a press release, Kametstal’s axle rolling mill continues to operate under martial law and fulfill operational tasks to produce axles for domestic customers. Last year, more than 3,500 tons of railcar axles were produced and shipped.
Long-term plans to increase production volumes using this unique equipment were disrupted in 2022 due to the full-scale Russian invasion. Now the plant’s specialists are using alternative sources of steel billets for axle production, which used to come from Azovstal.
At the end of March, the rollers completed the first stage of the program to produce axles for customers. They produced more than 1,600 tons of these products for the construction of domestic railcars and gondola cars for Ukrainian railways. These cost-effective products are important for the efficient operation of the enterprise and are also necessary for the renewal of the Ukrainian railway fleet.
“Kametstal’s axle rolling mill is the only mill in the world that produces axles using the cross-helical rolling method. In pre-war times, Kametstal’s axles were supplied to customers from Ukraine, Europe and North America,” the press release states.
“KAMETSTAL was established on the basis of Dnipro Coke and Chemical Plant (DKKhZ) and Centralized Steel Mill of Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMK).
According to the 2020 report of Metinvest Group’s parent company, Metinvest B.V. (Netherlands) owned 100% of the shares in DCCP.
Import of goods to Ukraine in January 2024
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Ukraine has resumed container transportation through the Black Sea: a ship with containers entered one of the ports of Greater Odesa, Chornomorsk, on April 3, the Odesa-based Dumskaya newspaper reported.
According to the report, the pioneering vessel was the T Mare, which flies the Panamanian flag. It is not classified as a container ship, but a vessel for the transportation of general cargo.
The publication noted that this is not yet a full-fledged specialized vessel, but a so-called feeder, which will be loaded with containers and then sent to a foreign hub for further transshipment to ocean container ships of global container lines.
According to MarineTraffic, a provider of ship tracking and maritime analytics, the vessel left Chornomorsk for the Romanian port of Constanta.
The T MARE is a containerized cargo vessel flying the Panamanian flag. Its total length (LOA) is 105 meters and width is 17 meters.
As reported, in March, the Ministry of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure announced that in early April, Odesa ports would receive the first container ship since the beginning of the war.
JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” (UZ) together with UNICEF plans to implement the project of “family cars” on domestic passenger transportation, said the pre-management of UZ Yevhen Lyashchenko at a briefing.
“Family cars” will be at least on three domestic routes, it is six cars. Perhaps, there will be more such cars,” Lyashchenko said.
According to him, the project will be implemented by the end of the year.
The head of UZ also specified that the concept of the project was developed by UNICEF, which will finance the re-equipment of cars.
The volume of completed construction works in Ukraine in 2023 increased by 41.5% compared to 2022 – up to 162.7 billion UAH, according to the data of the State Statistics Service (Gosstat).
According to the statistics department, the volume of construction work in residential construction by the end of 2023 increased by 11.1% compared to the previous year, to 22.3 billion UAH; in non-residential – increased by 38.1%, to 41.5 billion UAH; in engineering – by 52.6%, to 98.8 billion UAH.
In December-2023, the volume of construction work exceeded the figure of December-2022 by 35.1%, and the previous month – by 85.8%, notes the State Statistics Service.
As reported by the State Statistics Office, in January-December 2023 to the same period of 2022, the reduction in construction was observed in the segment of housing – by 4.6%. At the same time, non-residential and engineering construction recorded an increase in volumes – by 20% and 32.9%, respectively.
According to the seasonally adjusted data of the department, the indices of construction products in December-2023 in residential construction amounted to 49.4%, in non-residential – 88.3%, in engineering – 112.7%, and taking into account the effect of calendar days, the indicators are 71.5%, 188% and 273% respectively.
The share of new construction to the total volume of completed construction works amounted to 36.3%, repair – 42.9%, reconstruction and technical re-equipment – 20.8%.
The State Statistics Service notes that the publication of data was postponed due to martial law. Statdata are given without taking into account the temporarily occupied territories and part of the territories where hostilities are (were) conducted.
As reported, the volume of completed construction works in Ukraine in 2022 decreased by 2.2 times compared to 2021 – to 113.8 billion UAH.
The number of pigs in Ukraine in 2024 in all categories of farms increased by 3%, and poultry – by 2.2%, said Olena Dadus, head of the Livestock and Breeding Department of the Agrarian Development Department of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, at the MeatForum industry conference.
“Domestic livestock producers almost completely supply the domestic food market and its processing component. Last year, meat consumption in Ukraine per capita amounted to 54.7 kg, while the minimum requirement is 52 kg. The consumption forecast for 2024 is 53.9 kg, due to a decrease in beef consumption. However, there will be an increase in public demand for pork and poultry as the most affordable types of meat,” she said in a statement by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
It is noted that in 2023, poultry production in Ukraine increased by 5.8% compared to last year, and that this segment is the one that meets export demand for Ukrainian products. Pork and beef production declined slightly, and its pace slowed significantly.
According to the agency, due to the increase in domestic meat production, the total volume of meat imports decreased. Ukraine imported meat products from Poland, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Hungary, and Canada.
At the same time, there was an increase in meat exports. The Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, China, Azerbaijan, the United Kingdom, and Georgia were the most frequent buyers of Ukrainian products.
