Technically, it will take up to two weeks for airports to reopen in Ukraine, but in practice this can be done only with guaranteed security, Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said.
“We consider Lviv airport as the first airport. I hope that, as it was with the Black Sea Grain Initiative, when we receive guaranteed security, guarantees, first of all, from international partners, from the UN, we will start, I hope,” he said on 17th annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) held by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation at the end of this week in Kyiv.
Answering questions, Kubrakov stressed that the main obstacle to the resumption of flights of civil ships is safety, not technical issues.
As reported, the Ukrainian sky has been closed for flights of civil aircraft since the first day of the full-scale military aggression of the Russian Federation – from February 24 of this year.
At the end of July, the Transcarpathian Regional Council decided to allocate 26 million UAH to the Uzhgorod airport, and the head of the regional council Volodymyr Chubirko expressed confidence that it would be possible to launch it “in a month or two.” According to him, the advantage of the Uzhgorod airport is that the threshold of the runway is located a few hundred meters from the Ukrainian-Slovak border and Slovak airspace is used for instrument landings at this airfield.
However, a few days later, the Head of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration, Viktor Mikita, refuted the statements of the Transcarpathian Regional Council regarding plans for the early resumption of the work of the Uzhgorod airport. “… Now statements about the resumption of the airport’s work are nothing more than wishes and intentions,” Mikita stressed.
Ferroalloy enterprises of Ukraine in January-July of the current year in total reduced output by 27.6% compared to the same period last year – up to 360.17 thousand tons.
As Interfax-Ukraine was informed by the Ukrainian Association of Ferroalloy Producers (UkrFA), in January-July, the production of silicomanganese decreased by 17.5% – to 319.66 thousand tons, ferromanganese – by 67.6% – to 19.98 thousand tons.
In addition, the production of ferrosilicon (in terms of 45%) decreased by 60.5% – to 18.11 thousand tons, metallic manganese by 55.6% – to 1.81 thousand tons.
Also, 0.61 thousand tons of other ferroalloys were produced.
Pokrovsky (previously – Ordzhonikidzevsky) and Marganets mining and processing plants (PGOK and MGOK, both – Dnepropetrovsk region), mining and enriching manganese ore, for 7 months-2022 produced a total of 777.52 thousand tons of manganese concentrate, which is 19. 8% lower compared to 7M-2021. At the same time, MGOK produced 294.68 thousand tons of concentrate (a decrease of 5.6%), PGOK – 482.84 thousand tons (a decrease of 26.5%).
Pokrovsky GOK for 7 months. also produced 29.55 thousand tons of iron ore sinter (82.7% less compared to January-July 2021), supplying it to PJSC “Dneprovsky Metallurgical Plant” (DMZ), which is part of DCH Steel businessman Alexander Yaroslavsky. In March-July, PGOK did not produce iron ore sinter, as DMZ suspended the production of metal products.
At the same time, PGOK resumed the work of the Bogdanovskaya concentrating and sintering plant on September 1 this year.
As reported, in 2021 Ukraine increased the production of ferroalloys by 15% compared to 2020 – up to 858.7 thousand tons, but reduced manganese concentrate by 6.6%, to 1 million 763.43 thousand tons.
Prior to nationalization, PrivatBank (Kyiv) organized the business of SZF (located on the NKT) and ZZF, MGOK and PGOK (OGOK).
The Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant 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 Dnepr).
Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NZF, Dnepropetrovsk region) in January-July this year reduced its output by 19.1% compared to the same period last year – up to 307.67 thousand tons.
As Interfax-Ukraine was informed by the Ukrainian Association of Ferroalloy Producers (UkrFA), for 7 months NFP reduced the production of silicomanganese by 13.3% – to 302.19 thousand tons, ferromanganese and other ferroalloys – by 82.7%, to 5.48 thousand tons (including ferromanganese produced 4.87 thousand tons).
In July, 39.7 thousand tons of ferroalloys were produced.
As reported, in 2021 NFP increased its output by 26% compared to the previous year – up to 646.68 thousand tons. At the same time, the plant increased the production of silicomanganese by 28% – up to 600.64 thousand tons, ferromanganese – by 4.9%, up to 46.04 thousand tons.
The average monthly output of ferroalloys with the stable operation of the enterprise is about 55-60 thousand tons.
NZF is the largest enterprise in Ukraine for the production of silico- and ferromanganese. Uses imported and domestic raw materials for the production of ferroalloys.
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 Dnipro).
The work of the Zaporizhzhya NPP was completely stopped, on Sunday night the 6th power unit was disconnected from the power grid, Energoatom reports.
“Today, September 11, 2022, at 03:41 at night, power unit No. 6 of ZNPP was disconnected from the power grid. Preparations are underway for its cooling and transfer to a cold state,” the statement said.
Energoatom noted that for the past three days, the 6th power unit has been operating in the “island” mode, providing only for the ZNPP’s own needs at a critically low power level (from 114 to 140 MW), since all communication lines were damaged due to Russian shelling Zaporozhye NPP with the energy system of Ukraine.
The NAEC noted that on Saturday evening, after the resumption of operation of one of these communication lines, the power supply for the ZNPP’s own needs became possible from the energy system of Ukraine. Consequently, it was decided to turn off power unit No. 6 and transfer it to the safest state – a cold shutdown.
“In the event of repeated damage to the communication lines with the power system, the risk of which remains high, the ZNPP’s own needs will be powered by diesel generators, the service life of which is limited by the technological resource and the volume of diesel fuel,” the NAEC noted.
NNEGC Energoatom is taking all possible measures to organize the supply of additional batches of diesel fuel to the Zaporizhia NPP, and also calls for an end to Russian shelling of ZNPP communication lines with the power system and the creation of a demilitarized zone around it to prevent an emergency at the plant.
The press service stressed that after that, the communication lines can be repaired, to ensure the inclusion and safe operation of the station.
Polish tennis player Iga Sventek beat Tunisia’s Ons Jaber in the US Open Grand Slam final.
The result of the meeting – 6:2, 7:6 (7:5). The rivals spent 1 hour and 53 minutes on the court.
Sventek tops the rankings of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), Zhaber is in fifth position.
Schwentek became a three-time winner of the Grand Slam tournaments. She previously won Roland Garros 2020 and Roland Garros 2022.
Jabeur has played in her second Grand Slam final this year. In July, she lost to the representative of Kazakhstan, Elena Rybakina, in the decisive Wimbledon match.
The US Open 2022 prize pool is over $60 million.
The Grand Slam series is the most prestigious in tennis and combines four competitions: the Australian Open (Australian Open), France (Roland Garros) and the United States (US Open), as well as the Wimbledon tournament in the UK.
Import of goods to Ukraine in % to the previous period in 2021 and 2022
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