The government of Ukraine is dealing with the problem of a solar power plant of Ekotekhnik Nikopol LLC belonged to the Canadian investor TIU Canada disconnected from the grid and proposes to solve it by connecting the solar power plant to another point, First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy Oleksiy Liubchenko has said.
“Supposedly, everything should be formally resolved at the judicial level, but we posed the question in a different way: to find an opportunity to connect to another point. Specialists are now working it out,” he said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
According to Liubchenko, the rules of the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission of Ukraine (NEURC) and other regulations should be configured in such a way that “no one would even have a thought to violate them.”
“And a private owner will cope better than the state. But the state can also take responsibility for the regional power suppliers’ work as an owner, especially when it comes to threats to national security,” he said.
As reported, the 10.5 MW power plant of TIU Canada was disconnected by the Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NFP) from the power grid of on March 2, 2020. TIU Canada said that NFP took advantage of the fact that the plant was connected to a substation located on its territory, and explained the need for shutdown by repair work. The shutdown caused the company in excess of EUR 1.5 million in losses, which continue to grow. TIU Canada challenged these actions in courts, but lost the lower court hearings, and the legal dispute dragged on.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 12/08/21
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of August 12
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
Ukraine and Turkey are at the final stage of negotiations on a free trade area (FTA) after large moves made in the negotiation process, First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy Oleksiy Liubchenko said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
“By the way, negotiations on an agreement on FTA with Turkey are now almost on completing. There have been significant positive moves in the negotiations,” he said.
Liubchenko also said that Ukraine had carried out preparatory work for negotiations with Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan.
Speaking about other areas of work of the Ministry of Economy in terms of international trade, he noted the unblocking of the work of the interdepartmental commission with Kazakhstan, following the meeting of which the ministry receives feedback from the parties.
“We are also systematically working with China, coordinated by Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna. We have begun a joint study of the possibility of a free trade area agreement. The results will be known next year. On this basis, a political decision will be made whether to start negotiations. We are also actively working on preparations for negotiations with Indonesia and Vietnam,” he said.
Ukrainian enterprises in January-July of this year increased imports of copper and copper products in value terms by 60.9% compared to the same period last year, to $ 93.883 million.
According to customs statistics released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, export of copper and copper products in January-July 2021 increased by 3.2 times compared to January-July 2020, to $ 126.782 million.
In July, copper and copper products were imported for $ 14.791 million, exported – for $ 18.178 million.
In addition, Ukraine in January-July 2021 increased imports of nickel and products made of it by 56.7% compared to the same period in 2020, to $ 67.028 million (in July – $ 8.814 million), aluminum and products made of it – by 18%, to $ 248.677 million ($ 43.020 million). At the same time, it increased import of lead and products made of it by 52.5%, to $ 5.459 million ($ 604,000), increased import of tin and products made of it by 66.7%, to $ 2.189 million ($ 624,000), and also increased import of zinc and zinc products by 84.6%, to $ 51.145 million ($ 8.551 million).
Export of aluminum and products made of it in the seven months of 2021 grew by 53% compared to the same period in 2020, to $ 89.410 million (in July – $ 12.782 million), lead and products made of it by 58.9%, to $ 20.608 million ($ 3.231 million), nickel and products – by 97.7%, to $ 3.01 million ($ 620,000).
Zinc export in January-July 2021 amounted to $ 54,000 (in July – $ 5,000), while in January-July 2020 it amounted to $ 55,000. Export of tin and products in January-July 2021 amounted to $ 15,000 (in July – $ 1,000) against $ 83,000 for the seven months of 2020.
Ukraine in January-July this year reduced imports of manganese ore and concentrate in quantity terms by 38% compared to the same period last year, to 207,225 tonnes.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service, in monetary terms, imports of manganese ore and concentrate decreased by 43.7% over the period, to $25.139 million.
At the same time, manganese ore and concentrate were imported from Ghana (99.85% of supplies in monetary terms), Belgium (0.11%) and the Netherlands (0.02%).
In January-July 2021, Ukraine exported 434 tonnes of manganese ore and concentrate to Poland (90.2%) and Russia (9.8%) for $51,000, while in the same period last year it exported 23,846 tonnes of manganese ore and concentrate for $3.447 million.
