Metinvest Group’s KAMETSTAL, a steelmaking plant at Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMK, Kamenskoye, Dnipro Oblast), replaced outdated electrical equipment in the company’s coke oven shop to stabilize the operation of coke oven battery No. 5 and improve energy efficiency.
According to the company, distribution substation No. 55 was modernized in the coke shop as part of this year’s investment program, which made it possible to demonstrate higher reliability of power supply to coke oven battery No. 5.
It is also specified that the main objective of the investment project is to completely replace the outdated contact equipment with modern automatic German-made equipment. As part of the modernization, new circuit breakers with current and thermal protection were installed, as well as new electromagnetic starters instead of contactors. In total, four sections of the substation have been upgraded, and the old equipment at RP-55 has already been decommissioned.
The new equipment with a high level of automation allows online monitoring of the circuit breakers. The sections are equipped with on-off visualization elements, which allows the electrician on duty to check the operation of each circuit breaker faster and more accurately.
Alexander Shulzhenko, an electrician at Kametstal’s coke shop, stated that the three months of operation of the new equipment have made it possible to improve the reliability of the battery’s power supply and avoid downtime of the main equipment related to the reliability of power supply.
“Also, thanks to the metering system introduced as part of the modernization, which allows us to track electricity consumption online on a computer, we can now analyze the electricity consumption of each consumer throughout the day. This analysis has improved the accuracy of electricity consumption planning, and we plan to develop energy-efficient measures to reduce electricity consumption based on the analytical findings,” said Shulzhenko.
“Kametstal was established on the basis of Dnipro Coke Plant and Central Iron and Steel Works of Dnipro Metallurgical Plant.
According to the 2020 report of Metinvest Group’s parent company, Metinvest B.V. (Netherlands) owned 100% of the shares in DCCP.
Ukrzaliznytsia JSC (UZ) has doubled the free internet limits in Intercity and Intercity+ trains to 2GB, the company’s press service reports.
“Ukrzaliznytsia has doubled the internet limits on Intercity and Intercity+ trains. From now on, users on trains can access 2 GB of traffic at a speed of 10 Mbps for free. So don’t waste a single minute while traveling – communicate with your family, friends, colleagues, and partners while continuing to travel on schedule,” she said in a telegram on Wednesday.
It is specified that since the launch of Wi-Fi in Intercity, 750 thousand passengers have used it – in fact, every second passenger on high-speed trains. The total traffic on board exceeded 2.3 petabytes.
The most active Wi-Fi users travel on routes #741/742 and #777/778 Kyiv-Lviv, where an average of 66% of passengers on each flight connect to the Internet, UZ said in a statement.
The company reminded that the Internet is already available in 16 Intercity trains: ten Hyundai, two Skoda, two Tarpans, and the same number of trains with MPLT cars.
Earlier, Ukrzaliznytsia launched free Wi-Fi in ten Intercity and Intercity+ trains. Travelers have the opportunity to use 1 GB of traffic at a speed of 10 Mbps by logging in to the onboard portal portal.uz.com.ua.
It was also reported that Oleksandr Pertsovsky, Chairman of the Board of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, promised to equip long-distance night trains with Wi-Fi starting in 2025.
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White cabbage started to rise in price on the Ukrainian market this week, according to analysts of the EastFruit project. The main reason for the positive price trend in this segment was a noticeable increase in demand. However, this situation prevailed only in the segment of high quality products.
Under the current conditions, the owners of high-quality cabbage were able to increase their selling prices. Today, they are ready to ship these products in the range of 20-27 UAH/kg ($0.48-0.65/kg), depending on the quality and volume of the offered batches, which is on average 11% more expensive than a week earlier.
At the same time, the supply of white cabbage on the market is quite limited, as many farms prefer not to rush into sales, as they do not rule out that prices for this product may continue to rise in the coming weeks.
It is worth noting that today the price of white cabbage in Ukraine is already on average 2.7 times higher than in the same period in 2023, and most market participants predict further price increases. They justify their opinion by the decline in production of this product in the country, as well as a significant reduction in the share of products suitable for long-term storage.
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Source: https://east-fruit.com/novosti/v-ukraine-nachala-dorozhat-belokochannaya-kapusta-2/
In January-September 2024, Ukrposhta increased its revenue by 12.28% compared to the same period last year – up to UAH 9 billion 387 million, according to data posted on the website of the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development (Ministry of Development).
According to the report, the company’s gross profit increased 2.4 times in January-September 2023 to UAH 930.69 million, and its net loss decreased by 4.9% to UAH 565.64 million, including UAH 565.64 million in expenses.
Earlier it was reported that in the first half of 2024, Ukrposhta increased its revenue by 10.6% year-on-year to UAH 6 billion 170.2 million, while reducing its net loss by 34.5% to UAH 428.1 million. The company’s gross profit increased 16.6 times from UAH 31.1 million to UAH 550.6 million in the period under review.
