KYIV. March 30 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Cyprus-based Avellana Gold intends to start disposing waste accumulated by the previous deposit user and reclaiming land parcels on the Muzhiyivske polymetallic ore field (Zakarpattia region) in 2017, the press service of the State Service for Geology and Deposits has reported.
The company said that filters to neutralize acid waters and the heavy element water control system have been installed. The operation of the settlement pond near Muzhiyevo is being resumed.
In 2016, Avellana Gold acquired Carpathian Ore Company and Western Geological-Prospecting Company that have permits to explore polymetallic ores in Zakarpattia region (Muzhiyivske, Berehove and Kvasivske fields)
Brian C Savage is head and shareholder of Avellana Gold.
KYIV. March 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine has started the spring sowing campaign in all regions and sowed crops on 845,000 ha or 35% of the target (2.4 million ha), Ukraine’s Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has reported.
According to a posting on the ministry’s website, spring wheat was sowed on 43,000 ha or 23% of the target being 190,000 ha, spring barley – on 578,000 ha or 33% (1.7 million ha), oats – on 42,000 ha or 20% (208,000 ha) and peas on 183,000 ha or 66% (276,000 ha).
Fertilizers were applied to 6.8 million ha of areas with winter crops or 95% of the target (7 million ha).
As reported, referring to the ministry, it is planned to sow spring crops on 7.2 million ha in 2017, including early spring crops on 2.4 million ha.
KYIV. March 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine exported 2,900 tonnes of cranberries and bilberries in 2016, and this was 3.3 times more than in 2015, Ukraine’s Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has reported.
According to a Tuesday posting, the largest importers of Ukrainian berries were Poland (1,400 tonnes), the Netherlands (613 tonnes) and Belarus (541 tonnes). In general, exports of cranberries and bilberries brought $6.9 million of currency income last year.
The ministry said that exports of raspberries, blackberries and mulberries more than doubled, to 720 tonnes and exports of strawberries grew by 1.7 times, to 2,270 tonnes.
“First since 2013 Ukraine exported 79 tonnes of currant for $18,200,” the ministry said.
KYIV. March 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Automated payments of subsidies to agricultural producers for February under the government support program are to start from April 15, 2017, Ukraine’s Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry reported on Tuesday.
“The main thing what farmers are to do now to receive subsidies for February is to submit applications to the State Fiscal Service before April 1, 2017. The authority has started filling in the relevant register. Payments will start from April 15. All conditions for this have been created,” Minister Taras Kutoviy said.
The ministry said that before April 5 the assignments in line with the monthly budget targets will be allocated. Before April 10 the State Fiscal Service will form the register of budget subsidy recipients. From April 15, the State Treasury will start settling payments automatically sending the sums of budget subsidies from the non-budget account of the ministry to relevant recipients.
The ministry said that a total of UAH 217.3 million has been accumulated to pay in April 2017.
KYIV. March 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine’s Economic Development and Trade Ministry has pointed out 75 markets in the draft exports strategy of Ukraine where Ukraine is not using the trade potential in full, seeing a shortfall of around $6 billion.
According to the published document during its presentation on Tuesday, in particular, Ukraine insufficiently uses the opportunities of trade cooperation with the United States, Germany, UK, France, Japan and Canada.
According to the strategy, exports of goods and services in 2012-2016 almost halved – from $82.4 billion to $44.9 billion.
The ministry said that the EU market share of total Ukrainian exports of goods over the period grew from 25% ($17 billion) to 37.1% ($13.5 billion), the India’s share rose from 3.2% ($2.3 billion) to 5.2% ($1.9 billion), China’s – from 2.6% ($1.7 billion) to 5% ($1.8 billion). Exports of goods and services to Russia fell almost 80%, to from $17.3 billion to $3.6 billion.
According to the document, the share of Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions of total exports of Ukrainian goods fell from 26.6% in 2013 to 10.4% in 2015 (data of the State Statistics Service, not taking into account the ATO zone and Crimea). In the period from 2013 to 2015, exports from Donetsk region fell by 70% and from Luhansk region – by 93%.
The cost of exports losses due to these regions jointly with the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea was $12.9 billion, while total exports losses of Ukraine in the past two years amounted to UAH $25.2 billion.
KYIV. March 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Municipal enterprise Kyivpastrans has announced a tender to buy 80 low-deck trolleybuses for UAH 510 million (VAT included), according to a posting on the ProZorro e-procurement system’s website.
According to the report, Kyiv city plans to buy 60 12-meter trolleybuses for up to UAH 318 million and 20 18.5-meter trolleybuses for UAH 192 million.
Bids for the auction can be submitted until April 25, 2017. The auction will be held on May 31.
The trolleybuses are to be supplied before December 29, 2017. However, the start of supplies is set for May 24.
As reported, at the end of 2016 the Bogdan Corporation finished delivery of over 200 trolleybuses of 12 meter and 18 meter using funds the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
In September 2016, the corporation won the tender to supply 40 more trolleybuses.
