The first flight of the national air carrier Ukrainian National Airlines (UNA) will be in 2022, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
“The first flight of the national carrier will be performed in 2022. By 2025, the airline’s fleet will be completed – at least 20 aircraft. Regular flights, both internal and external, will be launched,” the head of state said, speaking in the Verkhovna Rada with his annual nation address.
He also added that the Ukrainian carrier should be seen not only in Ukraine, but all over the world. And this, according to him, will be greatly helped by the Common Aviation Area Agreement, which Ukraine signed with the European Union.
“Therefore, UNA will definitely land in the EU. And such great plans are really inspiring,” he said.
Speaking about the construction of airports, the president said that now it is underway in 16 cities of the country. “We also want to build an international airport in Zakarpattia region, between Uzhgorod and Mukachevo, and two airports in eastern Ukraine,” Zelensky said.
Zaporizhia Ferroalloy Plant (ZFP) in January-October this year increased production by 4.2% compared to the same period last year, to 175,630 tonnes.
As the Ukrainian Association of Producers of Ferroalloys and Other Electrometallurgical Products told Interfax-Ukraine, over ten months of the year, ZFP reduced production of silicon manganese by 31.3%, to 53,280 tonnes, but increased output of ferrosilicon by 41%, to 70,840 tonnes, and ferromanganese – by 18.3%, to 45,260 tonnes.
The enterprise also increased production of metallic manganese by 2.54 times, to 6,250 tonnes.
In October, 16,170 tonnes of ferroalloys were produced, in September – 19,650 tonnes.
At a regular extended meeting with heads of shops and structural divisions of the plant, ZFP Board Chairman Pavlo Kravchenko noted that the night work schedule will provide significant savings in energy costs.
At the same time, he recalled that on July 1 of this year, the launch of the second part of the electricity market took place – the reform of its wholesale part. The participants of the wholesale market (one of which, in particular, is ZFP) have a financial responsibility for compliance with the volumes of purchased and consumed electricity. The price in the new market is formed taking into account the volume of energy consumption, payment schedules and payment discipline, as well as electricity consumption per day. There is a certain surplus of electricity at night, so it is cheaper at night.
According to him, from now on, it will also be necessary to make accurate forecasts of consumption, taking into account seasonal and daily consumption. Prices on the wholesale electricity market change every hour, so it is imperative to understand how much energy the company has consumed at a particular hour: at night, when electricity is the cheapest, or during the day, when it is expensive.
“The energy market today dictates its rules to us. We have already made sure that it is more economically profitable for us to work at night. Therefore, we are reformatting our production activities and we will perform all energy-intensive operations within the framework of the night work schedule. In the daytime, we will try to save money – we will only carry out preparatory work,” the head of the plant said.
Zaporizhia Ferroalloy Plant is one of three Ukrainian manufacturers of these products. The share of the domestic market of its supplies is 30-35%. Products are exported to the CIS countries, the European Union, Asia and Africa.
The assets of financial companies in January-September 2021 increased by 4.7% compared to the beginning of the year (UAH 182.13 billion), to UAH 190.704 billion, according to a review of the nonbank financial sector on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on Tuesday.
According to the report, the growth of assets in July-September 2021 amounted to 6.2% due to the growth in the volume of all types of financial services provided during the quarter, thanks to it, the volume of assets recovered to the highest level of 2019.
The NBU said that the total volume of services provided by financial companies in the third quarter grew by 21.1%, to UAH 281.077 billion, including services for trading foreign exchange valuables by 18.3%, to UAH 75.695 billion, funds transfer by 10.2%, to UAH 127.336 billion.
The volume of loans issued by financial companies in the third quarter rose by 16.6%, to UAH 33.91 billion, including loans to individuals by 5.8%, to UAH 17.18 billion, and loans to legal entities by 30%, to UAH 16.528 billion.
The number of financial companies in Ukraine in the third quarter grew by 1.3%, to 984, while their total equity capital increased 8.2%, to UAH 29.695 billion.
In 2022, Ukraine will begin the reconstruction of 48 regional multidisciplinary hospitals, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
“We have repaired 600 rural outpatient clinics and 200 emergency departments. And next year we are starting the reconstruction of 48 regional multidisciplinary clinical hospitals for both adults and children, as well as 24 rehabilitation centers for veterans,” he said, speaking in the Verkhovna Rada with an annual address on Wednesday.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 01/12/21
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of December 01
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
