The Metinvest mining and metallurgical group has extended its financial assistance program for newlyweds and employees who have had a child until 2026: UAH 5,000 (after tax) to employees who are getting married for the first time and UAH 8,000 (before tax) to employees who have had a child.
According to information released by the company on Thursday, this program has been in place for many years, but was temporarily suspended at the start of the full-scale war and then resumed in May 2024 when the economic situation allowed.
It is specified that since then, more than 900 Metinvest employees have already taken advantage of the financial support program: 593 received financial assistance after the birth of a child, and another 332 employees received assistance in connection with marriage. The total amount of payments for 2024-2025 exceeded UAH 8.4 million.
In 2026, the program will continue under the same conditions. If both newlyweds work at the company, both will receive the payment of their choice.
CEO Yuriy Ryzhenkov recently noted that the number of Metinvest employees has decreased from 113,000 to approximately 50,000 since the start of the war.
As reported, from January 1, 2026, the state payment for the birth of a child has increased to UAH 50,000, and assistance for caring for a child under one year of age has been introduced – UAH 7,000 per month, and for families raising a child with a disability – UAH 10,500.
According to the Ministry of Justice, the number of births in Ukraine in 2025 decreased by 7,900, or 4.5%, compared to 2024, to 168,780, while the number of marriages increased by 10.2%, or 15,380, to 165,590.
Metinvest is a vertically integrated group of mining and metallurgical enterprises. Its enterprises are located in Ukraine – in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk regions – as well as in European countries. The main shareholders of the holding are SCM Group (71.24%) and Smart Holding (23.76%). Metinvest Holding LLC is the managing company of the Metinvest Group.
The National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) has added two cases to its list of investment projects that may pose a risk, according to a statement on the agency’s Telegram channel.
According to the published information, the trading platforms Bravia Trade and IronMarkets have been added to the list.
In total, there are already 460 projects on the list that show signs of fraud or violations of the law.
In the last week of January, the crypto market went into risk-off mode: Bitcoin failed to hold above the psychological $90,000 level and fell to $81,000 at the peak of the decline, after which it partially rebounded.
According to Amberdata estimates, at the beginning of the week, BTC was trading at around $88,300 and ETH at around $2,920. The key support for Bitcoin at that time was the $86,000 range, with resistance at $90,000. By the end of the week, according to Binance, BTC was around $82,400 with a 24-hour range of approximately $80,600-86,400, and the total market capitalization was around $2.98 trillion.
The main trigger was the rapid liquidation of “overheated” positions amid increased volatility and macro factors. CoinDesk noted that the sell-off was accompanied by an estimated $7 billion in forced position closures and significant long liquidations, and took place on the eve of a large crypto options expiry ($8.4 billion).
A separate negative signal is the dynamics of spot Bitcoin ETFs: on certain days of the week, there were noticeable net outflows, and on January 29, according to Trading Economics, one of the largest daily outflows of about $0.6 billion was recorded.
Finally, expectations regarding interest rates and the rhetoric of central banks reinforced the background: the market once again became sensitive to bond yields and the dollar, which usually hits high-risk assets.
Source: https://www.fixygen.ua/news/20260130/pidsumki-tizhnya-dlya-kriptorinku-analiz-fixygen.html
H&M will launch an online store in Ukraine in the first quarter of 2026, according to the annual sustainability report of H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB, published today.
According to the report, the H&M Group ended the 2025 financial year with moderate sales growth and a significant improvement in profitability. Net sales for the financial year increased by 2% in local currencies, while the number of stores at the end of the financial year decreased by 4% to 4,101 stores. Converted into Swedish kronor, H&M Group’s net sales amounted to SEK 228,285 million (SEK 234,478 million for 2024).
“Thanks to an enhanced customer offering, effective cost control and improved inventory management, we continue to take important steps towards achieving all our long-term goals, even in challenging conditions,” says H&M Group CEO Daniel Erver.
At the same time, H&M continues to move towards its sustainability goals, including reducing emissions in the supply chain. In 2026, the group plans to continue investing in its omnichannel model, logistics, and customer experience, while maintaining its focus on long-term growth. In particular, H&M will launch an online store in Ukraine in the first quarter of 2026.
The optimization of the store portfolio continues through the opening, closing, and renovation of stores. Around 80 new stores are planned to open worldwide in 2026, while around 160 stores are planned to close. Most of the openings will be in emerging markets. Paraguay will become a new market for H&M in 2026, and H&M will also open its first franchise store in Malta in the first half of 2026.
PJSC Ukrainian Graphite (Ukrgraphite, Zaporizhia) is establishing new logistics routes to optimize risks, allowing it to plan the timely delivery of raw materials and consumables to the enterprise and finished products to end consumers.
According to the interim management report, one of the problematic issues is the shortage of qualified workers and engineering personnel involved in the continuous cycle of metallurgical production. This is primarily due to the mobilization of workers, the departure of women with children abroad, and internal migration within the country.
“Despite everything, we continue to work, accept orders, manufacture products, upgrade production facilities, pay taxes, and provide resources for the restoration of Ukraine,” the report states.
It also notes that Ukrgrafit continues to manufacture products in wartime conditions and, in particular, in the context of the difficult situation in Ukraine’s energy sector and high energy prices, which requires additional measures to improve energy efficiency for the uninterrupted operation of the enterprise. This involves work to modernize the mixing and pressing section (introduction of an electrically heated mixing machine and restoration of the operability of the electrode mass production line for the manufacture of carbonizers), as well as the modernization of the impregnation section – the purchase and commissioning of a new vacuum unit, which will ensure the stable operation of autoclaves in achieving a deep vacuum and contribute to reducing vacuum oil consumption.
In addition, the graphitization section is being modernized – modernization of the mobile pneumatic unit, which improves the reliability of the unit, increases the intervals between repairs and reduces downtime. The company is also updating its technical accounting system for electrical energy, automating the systems for monitoring electrical energy consumption by the company’s divisions (consumer workshops) in production processes. In addition, the schedule for the operation of technological equipment and consumption management is being optimized.
As reported, Ukrgrafit increased its net loss by 56.7% in January-September 2025 compared to the same period last year, to UAH 185.076 million. Net income for this period decreased by 9.8% to UAH 973.915 million.
Ukrgrafit ended 2024 with a net loss of UAH 202.447 million, while in 2023 it increased its net profit by 2.34 times compared to 2022, to UAH 122.920 million.
Ukrgrafit is a leading Ukrainian manufacturer of graphite electrodes for electric steel melting, ore-thermal, and other types of electric furnaces, commercial carbon masses for Söderberg electrodes, and carbon-based refractory materials for metallurgical, machine-building, chemical, and other industrial complexes.
According to the National Depository of Ukraine (NDU) for the first quarter of 2025, Intergraphite Holdings Company Limited (Malta) owns 23.9841% of the private joint-stock company, and C6 Safe Group Limited (Cyprus) owns 72.0394%.
The authorized capital of the private joint-stock company is UAH 233.959 million, and the par value of a share is UAH 3.35.
Naftogaz of Ukraine has attracted an additional €50 million from the European Investment Bank for gas imports, the company said
“Another important step to get through the winter stably. Naftogaz has attracted an additional €50 million in financing from the European Investment Bank,” Naftogaz said in a statement on Telegram on Thursday evening.
According to the statement, these funds will be used to import gas and support the energy system during peak loads, when cold weather and shelling create the greatest pressure.
It is noted that the loan was made possible thanks to the support of the European Commission.
As indicated by Naftogaz, this financing complements the EUR 300 million EIB loan and EUR 127 million in EU grant support with the participation of the Norwegian government that have already been raised.
“It is also important to note that Naftogaz has committed to reinvesting the equivalent of this amount in renewable energy projects,” the company said.
