PrJSC Dniprovsky Metallurgical Plant (DMZ, formerly Evraz-DMZ), a member of DCH Steel of DCH Group of businessman Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, will allocate more than UAH 15 million for the implementation of the energy saving program in 2020-2021.
According to a press release from the company, major repairs were carried out last year on the combustion plugs of excess blast furnace and coke oven gas, thus avoiding energy leaks. To date, the work on replacing outdoor lighting on the territory of the enterprise has been practically completed.
In rolling shop No. 2, seven frequency converters were installed on the fans for blowing off the electric motors of stands Nos. 1-8, about 70 lamps were replaced with energy saving ones in three spans. The lighting on conveyors S-4 and U-1 of the coke plant was also replaced.
“The modernization of lighting will significantly reduce energy consumption. In addition, working conditions will improve, as the illumination from LED lamps is much higher,” the press release said.
The plant specializes in production of steel, pig iron, rolled products and coke.
On March 1, 2018, DCH Group signed an agreement on the purchase of Dniprovsky Metallurgical Plant from Evraz.
The Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Finance, the National Bank and profile committees of Ukraine are working on the launch of mechanisms for mortgage lending to the population with a fixed rate of 7% and financial leasing at 5%, Deputy Head of the President’s Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko said.
“A few weeks ago, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to launch a mortgage at 7%, now we are working together with the Ministry of Finance and the National Bank to reach an affordable and clear mortgage with a fixed rate […] There should be clear conditions – with a down payment of 20% for a period of 20 up to 30 years,” Tymoshenko said during the all-Ukrainian forum “Ukraine 30. Infrastructure” on Monday, February 22.
He said that several times, a mortgage with a non-fixed rate had been launched in Ukraine, which caused distrust of the population.
“A separate program is financial leasing, which is carried out by the Ministry of Finance with profile committees, at 5%. First of all, for doctors, military, police, socially unprotected segments of the population, and we also hope that we will be able to implement this for internally displaced persons,” Tymoshenko said.
The deputy head of the President’s Office said that financial leasing for internally displaced persons could start in the near future.
“We have found a mechanism for how to implement this. We hope that in the first half of the year, as the president set the task, this mechanism will be launched,” the deputy head of the President’s Office said.
Several companies from the UAE are interested in building a marina in Odesa, as well as port infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a press conference on Monday.
“There is a question of ports. They [companies from the UAE] are professionals. They are now in our market. We are talking about a large project – the construction of a large marina in Odesa and a large separate port. And one of the companies we met will be in Ukraine this week, and we will talk specifically about river transport, in which they are professionals and are ready to build river ports,” he said.
According to the president, he discussed these issues with representatives of large companies from the UAE during a meeting with business as part of his trip to the UAE.
Zelensky also said that river transportation is the cheapest in Ukraine, while it can be a profitable industry for both business and the budget.
As reported, the UAE plans to increase the turnover of agricultural products with Ukraine tenfold and bring this figure to $2 billion per year.
Abolishing the payment of value added tax (VAT) for domestic air transportation will create positive conditions for the development of domestic airlines and revitalize regional air traffic, Deputy Head of the President’s Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko has said.
“We have goals to abolish VAT on domestic air transportation. This is an important topic. After all, it will help the development of Ukrainian airlines – not only state ones, but also private ones,” he said during the “Ukraine 30. Infrastructure” forum.
According to the official, this year the creation of a state air carrier can be completed and Ukraine will receive an understandable state national air carrier that will be able to solve not only tourism issues, but also state issues.
At the same time, Tymoshenko recalled that in the spring of 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was necessary to involve private airlines in the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens from other countries.
“All this will be decided by a large national air carrier, which, I hope, will become known to the whole world,” he said.
Ukraine is working to solve the problem of high-tech development and intend to build a powerful system of industrial parks in every region of the country, said President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
“We have an important and ambitious goal for the development of industrial parks. This is a world-wide principle of organizing industry, which is an effective tool for attracting investment,” Zelensky said during his speech at the “Ukraine 30. Infrastructure” forum on Monday.
He recalled that currently there are 46 industrial parks in Ukraine, but “most of them are on paper, without the necessary infrastructure, without communications, without roads.”
Zelensky also noted that the construction of social infrastructure facilities throughout the country is now actively continuing.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 22/02/21
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
