Global seaborne thermal coal exports in 2025 fell for the first time since 2020, by 5% to a three-year low of 945 million tons, Reuters reports, citing data from Kpler.
The main reason for the decline was a reduction in imports by Asian countries.
Since the beginning of the year, they have imported 841 million tons of thermal coal, which is 7% less than the figure for the whole of 2024.
China was the largest importer (305 million tons), followed by India (157 million tons), Japan (100 million tons), South Korea (76 million tons), and Vietnam (45 million tons).
At the same time, only South Korea and Vietnam increased their volumes. China reduced imports by 12%, India by 3%, which in both cases is explained by an increase in domestic coal production and consumption of other energy sources.
PJSC Lekhim-Kharkiv (Kharkiv) will hold an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders remotely by means of a poll, according to a statement from the company.
According to the document, voting began on December 12 at 11:00 a.m. and will end on December 23 at 6:00 p.m., which is also the date set for the meeting (the date of the end of voting).
The draft agenda includes issues on the termination of the powers of the members of the supervisory board, the election of a new supervisory board (cumulative voting), and the approval of the terms of civil law contracts with the members of the supervisory board. In particular, the company proposes to terminate the powers of the head of the supervisory board, Valery Pechaev, and members of the supervisory board, Valentina Mazurik and Angela Nikitina. It is also proposed to define the agreements with the members of the supervisory board as gratuitous and to authorize the chairman of the management board, Dmitry Kolesnikov, to sign them on behalf of the company within one month from the date of the decision.
PrJSC Lekhim-Kharkiv (EGRPOU code 22676945) is registered in Kharkiv, at 36 Severina Pototskogo Street. The main shareholder is PrJSC Lekhim, which owns 98.17673% of the company’s shares (according to the ownership structure as of May 22, 2025).
According to the IFRS financial statements, in 2024, the company received net sales revenue of UAH 766.2 million and net profit of UAH 32.7 million; assets as of December 31, 2024 amounted to UAH 864.2 million, and equity capital amounted to UAH 671.8 million. The average number of employees in 2024 was 416.
The US has proposed a meeting between the national security advisors (NSA) of Ukraine, the US, and Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, expressing cautious optimism about the prospects for such a meeting.
“As for Umerov (Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov, who is in the US, where he held talks with American and European partners on ending the war), he called me and said that America is now proposing a trilateral meeting of the NSA – America, Ukraine, Russia,” Zelensky said in comments to reporters on Saturday.
The president noted that he is not sure that this meeting will bring anything new, but pointed out that a similar meeting in Turkey resulted in the return of captured military personnel and civilians, so it is worth holding such meetings.
“I believe that this is not everything we wanted, but it is very important. I am very glad that we had exchanges. Our people, our military personnel, especially prisoners, have returned home. And civilians too. And that is why such steps must be taken. And if there can now be a meeting that will unblock the exchanges, or if the result of the trilateral NSA meeting could be an agreement on a trilateral meeting of leaders, and I have said this many times, there are complex issues that must be resolved by the leaders of the states. Therefore, if the results are exchanges or some other agreements, I cannot be against it, we will then support the proposal of the United States of America. Let’s see how it goes,” Zelensky said.
According to Serbian Economist, the first international Nikola Tesla Film Festival, dedicated to the life and legacy of Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla, will be held on January 7, 2026, in Las Vegas (USA) at the Palms Casino Resort.
According to the festival organizers, the goal of the event is to use film to show Tesla’s lasting influence on modern civilization—from electric power to wireless communications—while strengthening the cultural bridge between Serbia and the US.
According to their data, 120 applications have already been submitted from around the world, including the USA, Canada, Japan, India, European countries, Ukraine, Latin America, and Africa.
The program will include feature films and documentaries that explore the themes of science, innovation, and “visions of the future.” In addition to screenings, there will be cash prizes and a special prize—a Tesla statuette—as well as a separate award for projects created using artificial intelligence technologies, which, according to the organizers, will set a precedent for the US festival landscape.
The festival remains open to international submissions, with participation free for students to encourage young filmmakers to explore scientific and technological themes and the legacy of Nikola Tesla.
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The joint-stock company Odessa Port Plant (OPP, Yuzhny, Odessa region) will hold an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on December 22, 2025, remotely, by means of a poll, according to a statement from the depositary institution.
OPZ is one of Ukraine’s largest chemical assets (ammonia and urea production), with a controlling stake of 99.5667% owned by the state. In 2025, it was put up for privatization through Prozorro.Sale with a starting price of UAH 4.488 billion, but the auction did not take place.
According to the FGI, as of September 30, 2025, the company employed 1,420 people, and its overdue accounts payable amounted to UAH 17.19 billion, including UAH 214.4 million in salary arrears and UAH 233.9 million in budget arrears.
In recent years, the plant has repeatedly stopped fertilizer production and has actually been operating in limited modes, shifting its focus to transshipment and related services. In particular, management reported that after an unsuccessful attempt to restart ammonia production in 2024, the company received revenue from grain transshipment, but at the end of June 2025, Russian strikes damaged the warehouses, leading to the suspension of these operations.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal from the Ministry of Education and Science to implement a joint project with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to provide financial assistance to 1,500 educational institutions for the 2025/2026 academic year.
As reported by Taras Melnychuk, representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada, on Telegram, the relevant decision was made at a government meeting on Friday.
It is noted that the purpose of the assistance is to ensure that educational institutions are prepared for the winter period and to increase their energy sustainability in frontline and other vulnerable regions.
The amount of financial assistance is set at UAH 420,000 per institution, provided to the founder as a lump sum for each recipient institution, with the number of recipient institutions per founder not exceeding nine.
The decision defines the main criteria for selecting institutions: status as a general secondary or preschool educational institution; location in certain frontline and other vulnerable areas; belonging to territorial communities that do not have an insurmountable level of security risk; organization of full-time or blended learning; absence of accommodation functions for students; not classified as specialized military lyceums; compliance with additional criteria established by UNICEF.
As reported, 700 schools received UAH 290,000 from UNICEF to prepare for winter and modernize school canteens in the 2024/2025 academic year.
