In January-September of this year, PJSC Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NFP, Dnipropetrovsk region) increased its net loss by 86.1% compared to the same period last year, from UAH 1 billion 81.463 million to UAH 2 billion 12.843 million.
According to the NPF’s interim report, net income for this period decreased by 21.4% to UAH 5 billion 111.026 million from UAH 6 billion 500.004 million.
Undistributed profit at the end of September 2025 amounted to UAH 2 billion 281.398 million.
As reported, in 2024, NZF increased its net loss by 15.9% compared to 2023, to UAH 3 billion 35.966 million from UAH 2 billion 620.399 million. Net income for the past year decreased by 17.7% to UAH 7 billion 813.056 million from UAH 9 billion 493.059 million.
In addition, it was reported that the Pokrovsky Mining and Processing Plant (PGZK, formerly Ordzhonikidze Mining and Processing Plant) and the Marganetsky Mining and Processing Plant (MGZK, both in Dnipropetrovsk region), which are part of the Privat Group, stopped mining and processing raw manganese ore at the end of October-beginning of November 2023, while NZF and ZZF stopped smelting ferroalloys. In the summer of 2024, ferroalloy plants resumed production at a minimum level.
NZF is Ukraine’s largest producer of silicon and ferromanganese. The average monthly output of ferroalloys during stable operation of the enterprise is about 55-60 thousand tons.
According to NDU data for the first quarter of 2025, Sofalon Investments Limitad owns 15.503% of the shares of PrJSC, Rougella Properties Ltd. – 9.6904%, Dolemia Consulting Ltd. – 15.7056%, Sonerio Holdings Ltd. – 9.2158%, Manjalom Limited – 5.8824%, Treelon Investments Limited (all – Cyprus) – 15.1013%.
The authorized capital of PJSC NZF is UAH 418.915 million.
NZF is controlled by the EastOne group, created in the fall of 2007 as a result of the restructuring of the Interpipe group, as well as the Privat group (both based in Dnipro).
Ukrtelecom, Ukraine’s largest fixed-line operator, increased its revenue by 5.6% in January-September 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, to UAH 3.8 billion, and its EBITDA by 6.6%, to UAH 906 million.
According to the company’s press release on Friday, revenue from fiber-optic internet services grew by 11.3%, and the share of subscribers using fiber-optic internet reached 80%.
The operator added that in January-September 2025, more than 3.5 thousand km of fiber-optic lines were laid, and in total, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, more than 20 thousand km of optics have been built, which has enabled 1.4 million households to connect to fiber-optic internet. In total, fiber-optic internet is currently available to over 3.3 million users.
Ukrtelecom specified that this year, over 90 medical and nearly 160 educational institutions were also connected to fiber-optic internet, increasing their total number to over 1,360 and about 1,860, respectively.
It is noted that the company’s commercial rental income for the third quarter of 2025 exceeded UAH 400 million, while last year this figure was UAH 325 million.
In the first nine months of 2025, Ukrtelecom paid UAH 1.175 billion in taxes and fees to the budget, which is more than 17% better than the same indicator last year.
As reported, in January-June 2025, Ukrtelecom received total revenue of almost UAH 2.47 billion, which is approximately 7.4% higher than in the same period of 2024, while EBITDA decreased by approximately 12.9% to over UAH 540 million.
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) adopted four decisions recognizing the actions of juice producer TB Fruit Capital LLC as a violation of the Law “On Protection of Economic Competition,” the agency reported.
The AMCU noted that in July 2021, the company acquired 100% stakes in the authorized capital of Arsenal Invest Khmelnytsky LLC, Arsenal Investgroup Vinnytsia LLC, Arsenal Investgroup LLC, and Arsenal Investgroup Gorodok LLC without obtaining the necessary permission from the committee. Consequently, the AMCU initiated proceedings for violations related to the company’s implementation of the aforementioned concentrations without prior permission.
The agency reminded that a concentration requiring permission in accordance with Part 1 of Article 24 of the Law “On Protection of Economic Competition” is prohibited until permission is granted for its implementation. Until such permission is granted, the participants in the concentration are obliged to refrain from actions that may lead to a restriction of competition and the impossibility of restoring its initial state.
The AMCU recognized such actions of the company as violations of paragraph 12 of Article 50 of the Law “On Protection of Economic Competition” in the form of concentrations without obtaining the relevant permits from the committee, the presence of which is necessary, and as a result of considering four cases, fined it a total of UAH 39,103,231.
According to Opendatabot, TB Fruit Capital LLC is registered in the city of Gorodok, Lviv region. It specializes in the production of fruit and vegetable juices, baby food, and the processing and canning of fruits and vegetables. The beneficiary of the company is Taras Koliankovsky.
In its October inflation report, the National Bank of Ukraine increased its estimate for the grain and legume harvest in 2025 to 61.5 million tons from 57.9 million tons in its July report, but lowered its estimate for the oilseed harvest to 19.3 million tons from 21.0 million tons.
“According to the NBU’s assumptions, in 2026-2027, grain and legume harvests will grow thanks to further increases in agricultural productivity and an increase in corn and other grain crops in regions less affected by climate change,” the document says.
However, according to the National Bank, the harvest of oilseeds, which are mainly grown in the southern regions, will be lower due to the negative impact of climate change, exacerbated by the long-term consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant for the region’s irrigation systems.
“The security situation in the frontline regions of the south will continue to have an impact, worsening conditions for the 2026 sowing campaign and slowing down the pace of land demining,” the report also says.
As a result, the National Bank has improved its grain harvest forecast for 2026 from 59.6 million tons to 62.9 million tons, and for 2027 from 60.4 million tons to 63.5 million tons.
At the same time, oilseed harvest expectations have been reduced to 21.4 million tons next year from 22.0 million tons, and to 22.2 million tons in 2027 from 22.8 million tons.
“However, the NBU expects the livestock sector to continue to make a negative contribution to agricultural value added due to a further reduction in livestock numbers (with the exception of poultry),” the report also notes.
According to the State Statistics Service, the volume of early crops (wheat, barley, rapeseed, legumes) as of October 1, 2025, reached 32.6 million tons, while the 2024 harvest yielded 31.9 million tons (+2.1%). The current growth is primarily due to higher yields of wheat (+3.9%) and legumes (+35%), while the barley harvest has practically reached last year’s level (-0.6%), and the rapeseed harvest is 10.7% lower than last year.
Earlier, the Experts Club analytical center made a video analysis of wheat production by the world’s leading countries for the period 1991-2024.
TAS Dniprovagonmash LLC (DVM, Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region), controlled by the TAS financial and industrial group of businessman Serhiy Tihipko, ended January-September 2025 with a loss of UAH 23.7 million, while for the same period in 2024, net profit amounted to UAH 53.9 million.
According to the company’s published interim financial statements, the company’s net income increased by 16.3% to UAH 1 billion 486.5 million.
The company reduced its gross profit by 32.6% to UAH 92.3 million, incurring a loss of UAH 13.7 million from operating activities, compared to a profit of UAH 67.6 million in January-September 2024.
As reported, in the first half of this year, the company incurred a loss of UAH 39.6 million (a year earlier, it had a net profit of UAH 18.8 million) due to a 29.5% decrease in revenue to UAH 561.2 million.
Thus, TAS Dniprovagonmash ended the third quarter of this year with a net profit of almost UAH 16 million, which is 54.4% less than in the same period last year, while net revenue increased by 92.2% to UAH 925.2 million.
The plant notes that in the third quarter, exports accounted for 38.4% of sales, with rolling stock supplied to Lithuania and Croatia.
According to the report, in the third quarter of this year, the plant produced 159 freight cars (compared to 139 in the same period of 2024), with an average selling price of UAH 2,530,900 (compared to UAH 2,782,800 in the second quarter).
The company does not provide the total number of cars produced in nine months, but based on quarterly data, 542 cars were produced, which is 19% more than in the same period last year (456 cars).
TAS Dniprovagonmash’s share in the total production of freight cars in Ukraine in July-September was 90% (in the first quarter – 25.8%, in the second – 46%), and its main competitors remain the Kryukiv Railway Car Building Works (which did not produce freight cars in the third quarter), the Karpaty Research and Mechanical Plant, and Ukrzaliznytsia enterprises.
The plant’s production capacity was utilized at 25% in the second quarter, and its equipment at 29%.
As of the beginning of October this year, the company employed 708 people.
As reported, TAS Dniprovagonmash, which has the capacity to produce 9,000 railcars per year, increased its sales of freight railcars by 63.7% in 2024 compared to 2023, to 606 units, and production by 59.2%, to 602 units.
Last year, the plant increased its net profit by 31.6% to UAH 62.3 million and its net income by 61.8% to UAH 1 billion 743.7 million.
The TAS Group is one of the largest financial and industrial groups in Ukraine, operating in the banking sector, insurance, railcar manufacturing, metallurgy, logistics, agriculture, food industry, packaging materials production, and real estate.
In the third quarter of 2025, the state-owned Oschadbank received UAH 4.19 billion in net profit, which is 38.6% more than in the same period of 2024, while pre-tax profit increased by 7.1% to UAH 5.69 billion.
According to the bank’s financial statements on its website, net interest income increased by 31.8% to UAH 8.19 billion, while net commission income increased by 25.5% to UAH 2.07 billion.
At the same time, Oschadbank incurred a loss of UAH 0.2 billion from transactions with financial instruments at fair value in the third quarter, compared to a profit of UAH 1.37 billion in the same period of 2024, while foreign currency transactions, as in the previous year, brought in UAH 0.29 billion.
Overall, the bank’s operating income for July-September increased by 17.9% to UAH 11.58 billion, while employee compensation expenses increased by 26.4% to UAH 2.70 billion, and other administrative and operating expenses increased by 35.1% to UAH 2.37 billion.
According to the report, the volume of loans provided to the bank’s customers has grown by 10.2% since the beginning of the year, to UAH 148.16 billion.
It is noted that in the third quarter, the bank continued to grow its loan portfolio in the corporate, SME, and retail segments, in particular within the framework of the “Affordable Loans 5–7–9%” and “єОселя” mortgage lending programs. As of September 30, 2025, the gross value of loans provided under the “єОселя” program amounted to UAH 10.79 billion, compared to UAH 8.57 billion at the end of 2024.
Overall, in the first nine months of 2025, the bank increased its net profit by 17.3% to UAH 13.88 billion, which allowed it to reduce its uncovered loss by 2.5 times to UAH 6.93 billion. As a result, since the beginning of the year, Oschadbank’s equity capital has grown by 28.8% and amounted to UAH 44.6 billion as of September 30, 2025, while total assets during this period increased by 6.6% to UAH 456.73 billion.
According to the NBU, as of September 1, 2025, Oschadbank ranked second among 60 banks in Ukraine with assets of UAH 452.24 billion.
