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Druzhkovka Metalware Plant to pay about UAH 20 mln in dividends

Druzhkovka Metalware Plant (DZMZ, Donetsk region) intends to allocate UAH 19.936 million to pay dividends based on the results of its operations in 2023.
This main issue is on the agenda of the general meeting of shareholders scheduled for October 18, 2024, which will be held remotely.
The draft decision provides for the payment of dividends from retained earnings for 2023 in the amount of UAH 0.30 per 1 share (total number of shares – 66 million 453,976 thousand). Dividends will be paid directly to shareholders.
In 2023, the net profit of the company amounted to UAH 24.049 million, and in 2022 – UAH 33.832 million.
At a meeting held on April 29, 2024, the shareholders decided to leave the profit for 2023 undistributed and not to accrue or pay dividends.
Druzhkovka Metal Products Plant specializes in the production of hardware products: bolts, nuts, rivets for general engineering, fasteners for the upper structure of railway tracks, high-strength fasteners for building and bridge structures. In May 2022, the company issued an order to terminate employment contracts due to Russia’s military aggression and the inability to carry out production and business activities. Later, the company changed its legal address from Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, to Dnipro, Dnipro region.
According to the fourth quarter of 2022, the company’s shares were owned by an individual Oleksiy Spyridonov, who held 14.9949%, Olena Mishchenko-Solona (resident of Spain) – 13.0304%, Iryna Mishchenko – 24.5167%, Serhiy Popkov – 5.8611%, Anton Malikov – 9.75%, Olena Malikova – 8.25%, Valeriy and Dmytro Malikov – 9.774% each.
The authorized capital of the company is UAH 3.323 million, the nominal value of 1 share is UAH 0.05.

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“Poninkivska CPPF-Ukraine” increases corrugated packaging production by 19%

Poninkivska Cardboard and Paper Mill-Ukraine (PKPF-Ukraine, Khmelnytsky region), a major Ukrainian corrugated cardboard producer, increased its corrugated packaging output by 19% in January-August 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, to 63.64 million square meters.
According to statistics provided to Interfax-Ukraine by Ukrpapir Association, the mill continues to be one of the top three producers of corrugated packaging after Kyiv Cardboard and Paper Mill and Trypillia Packaging Plant.
Over eight months, the company also increased its production of containerboard (including corrugated paper) by 4.1% to 51.3 thousand tons, and produced more paper by 75% to 0.72 thousand tons.
In monetary terms, in January-August, PCBF-Ukraine produced products worth UAH 1 billion 742.5 million (+16.5%).
As reported with reference to the data collected by the association from the main enterprises of the industry, in January-August 2024, the production of paper and cardboard in Ukraine increased by 3% compared to the same period in 2023 – up to 390.5 thousand tons, cardboard boxes – by 17%, to 384.3 million square meters.
Poninkivska Paper Mill (formerly Poninkiv Cardboard and Paper Mill), once the largest producer of school notebooks, now has one main production line – paper and cardboard, producing mainly corrugated cardboard and corrugated packaging, as well as wrapping and waste paper.
The plant is part of the United Cardboard Company-Ukraine (UCC, Lutsk) owned by businessman Mykola Lobov, whose production assets include, among others, Lutsk KPF-Ukraine (Volyn region), which produced 41.4 thousand tons of various cardboard in eight months (according to Ukrpapir), almost the same as last year, and 31.8 million square meters of corrugated boxes, compared to 2.7 million square meters a year earlier.
As reported, in 2023, PCBF-Ukraine produced products worth almost UAH 2 billion 450 million, up 3% year-on-year. Net profit increased 2.7 times to UAH 27 million.

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TAS Insurance Group increased payments by 31%

In August 2024, TAS Insurance Group (Kyiv) paid UAH 149.7 million under the concluded insurance contracts, which is 30.7% more than the amount of the company’s indemnities for the same month last year, according to the insurer’s website.
More than a quarter of the volume of payments, or 28.7%, fell on hull insurance – UAH 42.9 million, which is 10.2% more than the corresponding figure for August 2023, 34.1%, or UAH 51.04 million – on MTPL (+25.8%), 16.7%, or UAH 25 million – on the Green Card (+37.8%).
The share of VHI in the company’s claims portfolio amounted to 14.9%, or UAH 22.23 million (+66.6%) for the first seven months of the year.
Under other insurance contracts, the company paid UAH 8.43 million (+2.4 times).
TAS Insurance Group was registered in 1998. It is a universal company offering more than 80 types of insurance products in various types of voluntary and compulsory insurance. It has an extensive regional network: 28 regional directorates and branches and 450 sales offices throughout Ukraine.

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On October 17-18, Switzerland will host a conference on mine action in Ukraine

Lausanne, Switzerland, will host the Ukrainian Mine Action Conference (UMAC2024) on October 17-18, the Swiss Federal Council has announced.
“The event, which Switzerland is organizing jointly with Ukraine, will focus on the global aspects of humanitarian demining, in particular the three main components: people, partners and progress,” the statement said.
The goal of UMAC2024 is to discuss the role of mine action and their technological innovations.
The UMAC2024 conference on mine action in Ukraine will be attended by government officials, representatives of international organizations, the private sector and the scientific community.
Switzerland will be represented by the President of the Swiss Confederation, Viola Amgerd, who will open the conference, and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ignazio Cassis.

Source: https://interfax.com.ua/

On September 18, the 64th Ukrainian Collectible Art auction starts

On September 18, 2024, the 64th auction of Ukrainian Collectible Art will start at Goldens auction house. The selection represents works by Ukrainian artists of different time periods – from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century – and brings together rare works by masters whose work has become an integral part of the cultural heritage of Ukraine and Europe.

In total, the auction features over 40 lots – a unique collection of collectible works by artists of various art schools and movements. It is important to note that many of the works presented have been published in books and albums, and some of them have been exhibited in group or solo exhibitions, which certainly adds to the collection’s value. The auction exhibition and silent auction “Ukrainian Collectible Art” will start its work on September 18. The exhibition will be open until September 26 inclusive. Bids for the lots are accepted in the silent auction mode in the exhibition hall and on the website www.gs-art.com in the catalog section of the 64th auction. The final bidding of the auction will take place on September 26 (Thursday) throughout the day, and at 19:00 on September 26, bidding for the lots will be completed by step closing of the lots at the last current bid.

Among the prominent names of the Kyiv school, the auction will feature works by Anatolii Turovskyi, Mariia Prymachenko, Mykola Hlushchenko, and the Sixties artists Alla Horska and Viktor Zaretskyi. Anatolii Turovskyi’s works rarely appear on the art market and are always of interest to collectors. The names of Mariia Prymachenko, Mykola Hlushchenko, Alla Horska and Viktor Zaretskyi are among the pantheon of artists whose works add weight to any collection. The auction will feature a graphic work by Alla Horska from 1960 and a painting by Viktor Zaretskyi from 1986-1990, which is one of the highlights of the collection. In his “Date”, his unique style is most vividly expressed: a combination of modernism and Ukrainian national tradition, the dominance of drama and exquisite decorative elements.

Ференц Семан (1937-2004) "Синя борода", 1993 Полотно, олія 100 х 100 смFullscreen
Олег Мінько (1938-2013) "Модель і маестро", 2001 Картон, олія 100 х 92,5 смFullscreen
Марія Примаченко (1908-1997) "Левик малчик що попав на лужок", 1985 Папір, гуаш 36 х 48 смFullscreen
Ольга Рапай (1912-2012) "Арлекін з собачкою", 1990-і Шамот, глазур Висота 72 смFullscreen
Віктор Зарецький (1925-1990) "Побачення", 1986-1990 Полотно, олія 120 х 100 смFullscreen

“Spring” by Mykola Glushchenko is another top lot in the collection, a work from the 1970s, one of the most significant periods in the artist’s oeuvre, marked by vivid color and expressive brushstrokes. Collector interest in Glushchenko’s works is growing due to his unique style, which combines European influence with a deep national identity. Paintings from this period are often highly valued at auctions, as they demonstrate the mature stage of the artist’s work.

This time, the art of the first half of the twentieth century is represented by a wide selection of names of École de Paris and emigrant artists: Isaac Pailes, Mykola Isaiev, Borys Pastukhov, Mykola Krychevskyi, Vasyl Khmeliuk, Yakov Shapiro, Michel Korochansky, Mani Mavro, David Burliuk, and Ivan Babii.

The Transcarpathian School of Painting is represented by works by Andrii Kotska, Adalbert Erdeli, Fedir Manailo, Yosyp Bokshai, Havrylo Hluk, Adalbert Boretskyi, Ferenc Seman, and Yelyzaveta Kremnytska. Rare works by the artists clearly demonstrate the influence of modern and post-impressionist trends in Western European painting in the Ukrainian context and perception.

The auction selection is also diversified with paintings from the Crimean and Odesa schools of painting – works by Fedir Zakharov, Valentina Tsvetkova, Yuriy Yegorov, – Kharkiv school – Viktor Zarubin, and Lviv school – works by Oleh Minko and Liubomyr Medvid.

The top lots of the auction were the aforementioned works by Mykola Hlushchenko and Viktor Zaretskyi, as well as a French landscape by Adalbert Erdeli from the 1930s, “Girl with a Ball” from 1989 by the first-row artist of the Odesa school of painting Yurii Yegorov, the famous still life “Dedication to V. Mayakovsky” of the 1950s by David Burliuk, a painting ‘Swaying Branches in the Cherry Orchard’ by Ivan Marchuk in 2000 from the Star Trek series, a rare narrative work ‘Blue Beard’ by Ferenc Seman in 1993, and works by authors whose works are rarely seen on sale – Leonid Chichkan and Ivan Babiy.

The exposition of the auction “Collectible Classical Art” will be open to the public from 18 to 26 September in the hall of the Goldens auction house, as well as online at www.gs-art.com For registration and participation in the auction, please call: +38 050 462 95 32 or register on the website to be able to place online bids yourself.

Schedule of the auction exhibition: September 18-26, 2024 12:00 – 19:00, seven days a week, admission to the exhibition is free. Alternate closing of lots will start on September 26 at 19:00 online at www.gs-art.com

Address: Kyiv, 4 Leonid Pervomaisky St. GOLDENS Auction House +38 050 462 95 32 contact@gs-art.com

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Information about the auction house Goldens: Goldens is a Ukrainian auction house founded in 2004 in Kyiv. It is one of the leading participants of the Ukrainian art market. Goldens Auction House holds auctions, solo and group exhibitions, advises and forms private collections of collectible art, assists in interior design and gift selection, and participates in charity and partnership projects. The main area of expertise is Ukrainian collectible art, including classical painting of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, alternative movements (avant-garde, non-conformism, underground), and contemporary art. In addition, sculpture, park sculpture, graphics, printmaking, art photography, and more.

In the first half of year, the volume of new housing construction in Ukraine decreased by 7.7%

The total area of residential buildings for which permits for construction works (new construction) were issued, at the end of January-June 2024 decreased by 7.7% compared to the same period of 2023 – to 2 million 45.5 thousand square meters, reported the State Statistics Service (Gosstat).

According to the statistical department, in January-June 2024, the total area of new construction of apartment buildings decreased by 8.7% compared to last year – to 1.96 million square meters. m. The number of apartments in apartment buildings declared at the start of construction decreased by 13.1% and amounted to 21.7 thousand.

According to the State Statistics Committee, the most new housing in the first half of the year was announced in Kyiv region: the total area of new housing construction amounted to 383 thousand square meters (8.3 thousand apartments).

Significant volumes of new housing were also declared in Lviv region – 327.6 thousand sq. m (4.7 thousand apartments), as well as in Ivano-Frankivsk region – 217.4 thousand sq. m (3.6 apartments). m (3.6 thousand apartments), Vinnytsia – 213.8 thousand sq. m (3.4 thousand apartments), Zakarpattya – 143.4 thousand sq. m (2.1 thousand apartments) and Khmelnytskyi oblasts – 121.1 thousand sq. m (1.8 thousand apartments).

In Kiev in January-June 2024, the total area of new housing construction amounted to 187.9 thousand square meters (1.5 thousand apartments).

The State Statistics Service reminds that the figures are given without taking into account the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation and part of the territories where hostilities are (were) conducted. As reported, the total area of new housing construction in 2023 decreased by 37% to 4.2 million square meters, while in 2022 amounted to 6.67 million square meters, in 2021 – 12.7 million square meters.