Business news from Ukraine

Business news from Ukraine

“Kryvyi Rih Cement” to build 24 MW of power generation – founder of Concorde Capital

Kryvyi Rih Cement plans to build 24 MW of power generation, the founder of Concorde Capital, Igor Mazepa, said on Facebook.

“We are currently building an independent power generation facility at Kryvyi Rih Cement. We need to generate 24 MW of power. This will be enough to keep the plant running smoothly,” he wrote.

According to him, the project will cost about $15 million, with a payback period of three to four years.

According to Mazepa, “This is a necessary measure to keep the business from stopping. In general, I see the prospect of investing in energy projects. Therefore, in the short term, we will build 40 MW of storage capacity, which will be balancing in the energy market. We see a good ROI of up to 30% depending on the market scenario.”

“Kryvyi Rih Cement (formerly Heidelberg Cement Ukraine) produces construction materials in three areas: cement, concrete, and granite crushed stone. On May 14, 2019, Cypriot Overin Limited, which is affiliated with Concorde Capital, became the owner of the dominant controlling stake in the company.

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Ukraine will play Slovakia today at UEFA EURO 2024

Ukraine will play the second match at the UEFA European Football Championship 2024 against Slovakia on Friday.

The match will start at 16:00 Kiev time at the stadium in Düsseldorf.

It will be officiated by a refereeing team from England headed by Michael Oliver.

According to the Ukrainian Football Association (UFA), Ukraine will start with Anatoliy Trubin, Oleksandr Timchyk, Ilya Zabarny, Mykola Matvienko, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Volodymyr Brazhko, Mykola Shaparenko, Hryhoriy Sudakov, Andriy Yarmolenko, Mykhailo Mudryk and Artem Dovbik.

As reported, the first match Ukraine lost to Romania with the score 0:3.

Within the group stage of Euro-2024 Ukraine will also play on June 26 against Belgium.

 

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Ukraine exported 49.5 mln tons of grains and pulses

As of June 21, 2023-2024 marketing year (July-June), Ukraine exported 49.54 million tons of grains and pulses, up 2.3% year-on-year, according to the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.

According to the report, in June, exports of grains and pulses amounted to 2.608 million tons, while a year earlier this figure was recorded at 3.087 million tons.

In terms of crops, since the beginning of the current season, Ukraine has exported 18.123 mln tonnes of wheat (686 thsd tonnes in June), 2.461 mln tonnes of barley (75 thsd tonnes), 1.6 thsd tonnes of rye (0), and 28.416 mln tonnes of corn (1.366 mln tonnes).

Total exports of Ukrainian flour as of June 21 are estimated at 96.7 thousand tons, which is 35.9% less than a year earlier. In June, Ukraine supplied 4.2 thsd tonnes to foreign markets. At the same time, in 2023-2024 MY Ukraine exported 91.3 thsd tonnes of wheat flour, and in June – 4.1 thsd tonnes.

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JYSK has opened XL store in Ternopil

On June 20, the international chain JYSK opened a new XL store in Ternopil in the Podolyany shopping center (28h Tektylna Street), the retailer’s press service reports.

“In June, we plan to open 17 new JYSK stores in 12 European countries. We are pleased that JYSK Ukraine is part of this expansion. Despite the air alerts, we have opened two new stores this month,” the press service of JYSK Country Director in Ukraine quotes Yevhen Ivanitsa as saying.

The new store is the second in Ternopil, with a selling area of 1238 square meters, a warehouse of 410 square meters, plus a separate office space of 51 square meters. The new store in Ternopil was built according to the 3.0 concept, which provides better spot lighting, more modern design and a more comfortable zonal arrangement of goods for the customer.

The press service added that the expanded area makes it possible to offer customers a wider range of products. In particular, some of the products that are usually available only on the Internet are presented here.

Currently, there are 97 stores and the jysk.ua online store in Ukraine. The plan is to reach 100 stores by the end of 2024. The candidate cities for the 100th store have been preliminarily identified – it will be either Kalush or Kryvyi Rih in August.

JYSK has more than 800 employees in the country.

JYSK is part of the family-owned Lars Larsen Group with more than 3.4 thousand stores in 48 countries.

JYSK’s revenue in the financial year 2022/23 amounted to EUR 5.2 billion.

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Starting July 5, artifacts from Scythian gold collection will be on display in Kyiv museum

The Treasury of the National Museum of History of Ukraine, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine and the BGV Charitable Foundation, will launch the exhibition project “Treasures of Crimea. The Return”.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Culture, the exhibition will actually become permanent in the museum and will last until the final de-occupation of Crimea, after which the collection is planned to be moved to the peninsula.

As reported, in November 2023, the Allard Pearson Museum transferred to Ukraine artifacts from four Crimean museums previously exhibited in Amsterdam.

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Oil prices slightly decline, Brent $85.63 per barrel

Oil prices are falling slightly on Friday after rising in the previous session due to data on the decline in US stocks.

Commercial oil inventories in the United States last week decreased by 2.55 million barrels, the country’s Energy Ministry said on Thursday. Commercial gasoline stocks fell by 2.28 million barrels, distillate stocks by 1.73 million barrels.

The cost of August futures for Brent on the London ICE Futures exchange as of 8:20 a.m. is $85.63 per barrel, which is $0.08 (0.09%) lower than at the close of the previous trading. On Thursday, these contracts rose in price by $0.64 (0.8%) to $85.71 per barrel, the highest since April 30.

Futures for WTI for August in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) fell by $0.06 (0.07%) to $81.23 per barrel by this time. As a result of the previous session, the value of these contracts increased by $0.58 (0.7%) to $81.29 per barrel.

Since the beginning of this week, both Brent and WTI have risen in price by about 4%.

The oil market is supported by signals of growing demand for petroleum products in the country, in addition to data on declining stocks in the United States. According to the American Automobile Association, a record number of Americans will travel this year during the US Independence Day holidays.

“In general, the inventory data shows that the oil market is shrinking,” said Vivek Dhar, an analyst at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, as quoted by Bloomberg. – “The key risk that could lead to a decline in oil prices in the short term is the possibility of a weaker-than-expected increase in oil demand in China.

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