Ukraine in April this year stopped importing manganese ore and concentrate in physical terms, having previously reduced its imports to a minimum.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), Ukraine as a whole in January-April this year reduced imports of manganese ore and concentrate in kind to a minimum – to 488 tons from 91.021 thousand tons in the same period last year (down 99.5%).
In monetary terms, imports of manganese ore and concentrate amounted to $85 thousand in the mentioned period, while in January-April 2022 it was $12.248 million (a 99.3% decrease).
At that, imports were carried out from Slovakia (95.29% of deliveries in money terms) and from India (4.71%).
In 4M-2023, Ukraine did not export manganese ore and concentrate, as in January-April 2022.
As reported, in 2022, Ukraine reduced imports of manganese ore and concentrate in volume terms by 68.1% year-on-year to 135,798 thousand tons, and in monetary terms by 66.4%, to $18.098 million. Most imports were from Ghana (99.16% of supplies in monetary terms), Slovakia (0.71%) and Belgium (0.10%). In August-November 2022, there were almost no imports of manganese ore.
For 2022, Ukraine did not supply manganese ore and concentrate for export.
Ukraine mines and enriches manganese ore at the Pokrovsky (formerly Ordzhonikidze) and Marganets mining and processing plants (both in Dnepropetrovsk Region).
Consumers of manganese ore are ferroalloy plants.
In January-April this year, mining companies in Ukraine reduced the export of iron ore raw materials (iron ore) in physical terms by 2.44 times compared to the same period last year – up to 5 million 324.686 thousand tons.
According to the statistics, released by the State Customs Service (SCS), over the period the currency proceeds from the export of iron ore amounted to $ 591.5 million, which is 2.7 times less than over the same period last year.
The export of iron ore products was carried out mainly to Slovakia (27.37% of supplies in monetary terms), Czech Republic (25.82%) and Poland (24.04%).
In the first four months of this year, Ukraine imported iron ore products for $41 thousand and a total of 67 tons, whereas in January-April 2022 there were imported iron ore products for $1 thousand and a total of 2 tons.
Imports for this period came from Norway (58.54%) and Italy (41.46%).
As reported, in 2022, Ukraine has reduced the export of iron ore products in kind by 45.9% compared to the previous year – up to 23 million 984.623 tons, foreign exchange earnings decreased by 57.8% to $2 billion 912.974 million.
Exports of iron ore products was carried out mainly to Slovakia (19.23% in monetary terms), Czech Republic (17.32%) and Poland (16.49%).
Last year Ukraine imported iron ore to the amount of $65 thousand in total 101 tons, while in 2021 – $184 thousand in the amount of 1.202 tons.
Imports were carried out from Norway (36.92%), the Netherlands (27.69%) and the UK (16.92%).
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that there is “politics” in the decisions of a number of countries that have banned imports of Ukrainian grain.
“I am grateful to my neighbors who support us, but to be honest, there is politics there. We have the Black Sea blocked and we need help with weapons. We can’t risk relations with some countries,” he said Saturday in an interview with Italian media.
“And I understand that some political currents are taking advantage of this situation and instigating farmers to block grain shipments. But they have no right to block transit,” he said.
“We will solve these issues,” Zelensky stressed.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won 49.5% of the votes, while Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the opposition, got almost 45%, according to the results of counting about 50% of the votes in the Turkish presidential elections, Anadolu Agency reports.
According to the count, 55-year-old Sinan Ogan of the ATA (Ancestral Alliance) has so far received 5.3% of the vote.
At the same time, only 6.7% of overseas ballots have been counted. Of these, 56.3% of the votes were cast for Erdogan and 40.1% for Kılıçdaroğlu.
Polling stations across the country closed at 5:00 p.m. local time, as planned.
Source: https://secim.aa.com.tr/
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky met Sunday night in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron.
“Paris. With each visit, Ukraine’s defense and offensive capabilities increase. The connection with Europe is growing stronger, and the pressure on Russia is increasing. I meet with my friend Emmanuel. We will discuss the most important points of bilateral relations,” he wrote in his Telegram channel.
Ukraine in January-April this year reduced imports of aluminum ores and concentrate (bauxite) in physical terms by 99.98% compared to the same period last year – to 210 tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), during this period, imports of bauxite in monetary terms decreased by 99.64% – to $170 thousand.
Imports were mainly from China (100% of supplies in monetary terms).
During this period of this year, as well as in January-April 2022, Ukraine did not re-export bauxite.
As reported, Ukraine in 2022 decreased the import of aluminum ore and concentrate (bauxite) in volume terms by 81.5% compared to the previous year – up to 945.396 tons. Bauxite imports in monetary terms decreased by 79.6% to $48.166 million. Imports were mainly from Guinea (58.90% of supplies in monetary terms), Brazil (27.19%) and Ghana (7.48%).
Bauxite is an aluminum ore used as a raw material for the production of alumina, and from it, aluminum. They are also used as fluxes in steel industry.
Bauxite is imported into Ukraine by the Nikolaev Alumina Refinery (NGR), which before the war was affiliated with the United Company (UC) Russian Aluminum (RusAl, RF). Bauxite is used to produce alumina.
“RusAl in Ukraine also previously owned a stake in the Zaporozhye Aluminum Plant (ZALK), which stopped producing primary aluminum and alumina.
