State-owned Oschadbank (Kyiv) is selling a straw pellets plant with an annual capacity of 40,000 tonnes on the OpenMarket platform of state-owned enterprise (SOE) SETAM and 34 items of the plant’s equipment at the starting price of UAH 42.95 million.
The press service of SETAM reported on Wednesday that the auction will be held on January 16.
The bid deposit is UAH 2.15 million, and the bid increment is UAH 429,500.
The press service said that the lot was put up for sale by Oschadbank as voluntary sale.
The plant is located in Kirovohrad region.
Oschadbank was founded in 1991. Its sole owner is the state.
According to the National Bank of Ukraine, as of October 1, 2019, Oschadbank ranked second among 76 banks operating in the country in terms of total assets (UAH 274.609 billion).
PJSC Donbasenergo counts on continuation of initiatives of the regulator, profile ministries and the Verkhovna Rada committee to introduce the best global practices in the operation of the new electricity market, which would allow stabilizing the operation of electricity generating companies. According to a press release of the company, Donbasenergo notes the importance of the initiatives already implemented regarding price adjustment in the balancing market, which made it possible to provide this service without incurring losses.
“At the same time, the market situation for electricity generating companies remains difficult, in particular, only in December, the company’s losses amounted to UAH 130 million,” the company said.
Donbasenergo expressed the hope that the Ministry of Energy and Environment Protection, the regulator, the Verkhovna Rada committee on energy, housing and utilities will continue implementing the best global practices, and companies operating in the electricity generation market will be able to avoid artificially lower prices as well as unprofitable work in the future,” the company said in the press release.
Donbasenergo operates Starobesheve (located in the occupied territory) and Sloviansk thermal power plants (TPPs).
PrJSC Energoinvest Holding owns 60.86% of shares in Donbasenergo, and the state holds 25% of the shares in the company.
The Belarusian state petrochemical concern Belneftekhim intends to resume exports of oil products in January, Belneftekhim Deputy CEO Vladimir Sizov said.
“The resumption of [exports of oil products] is expected in January,” the state news agency BelTA quoted Sizov as saying on Saturday.
The resumption of exports “depends on how rhythmically and quickly the contracts are concluded,” he said.
“We expect that all possible restrictions will be lifted by the end of January – at least this is an optimistic scenario,” Sizov said.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 08/01/20
Source: National Bank of Ukraine