The “Dobrobut” medical network plans to open a clinic in Vinnitsa, a project that was suspended due to the war, said Sergei Orel, chief operating officer of the “Dobrobut” multi-profile hospital in the capital on Bazhana Avenue.
“The war adjusted our plans. For example, we were planning to open a large hospital in Vinnitsa, it was supposed to receive its first patients at the end of last year,” he said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
Orel clarified that “now we have suspended this project, but the clinic in Vinnitsa is waiting for its time.”
“At the same time we do not stop opening – we opened Bazhana, a large polyclinic on Entuziastov Street. We’re still moving forward, maybe not as fast and not on the same scale as before, but we are,” he said.
For the first time since February 24, 2022, construction companies plan to increase the number of employees, according to the press service of the Ministry of Reconstruction.
As noted in a press release, such positive sentiment is recorded in a survey conducted in June 2023 by the National Bank of Ukraine “Business Activity Expectations Index of Enterprises”.
According to the survey, the construction companies expect an increase in the volume of construction, the number of new orders, as well as an increase in the purchase of raw materials and supplies.
According to the research Ukrainian business positively evaluates results of its activity for the third month in a row, which indicates gradual adaptation to difficult conditions of full-scale Russian invasion.
Debugging of production and logistics chains, improvement of inflation and exchange rate expectations as well as revival of domestic demand contribute to activation of business processes.
It is noted that business expectations of the construction business have improved due to the expansion of Western logistics, road construction and rehabilitation, as well as due to weather conditions.
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Net sales of dollars by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) this week totaled $520.4 million compared to $427.5 million last week.
According to the NBU on its website, from June 26 to June 30, 2023, its purchases of currency increased from $8.3 million to $12.6 million, while sales increased from $435.8 million to $533.0 million.
On the cash market, the dollar rose by only about 3 kopecks during the week. – UAH/$1 to UAH 37.25.
Since the beginning of the year, the NBU bought $177.9 mln at the market, while it sold $12 bln 455.9 mln.
As it was reported, the volume of interventions of the National Bank in May increased to $1.93 billion, compared to $1.37 billion in February and $1.67 billion in March.
However, due to a significant influx of external financing, international reserves rose by 4%, or $1.358 billion – to $37 billion 311.3 million in May.
For June, interventions amounted to about $1.9 billion, which is again noticeably less than Ukraine’s external financing, which amounted to about $3 billion.
Zaporizhstal steelmaker Zaporizhstal in January-June this year increased shipment of rolled steel by 1.8% compared to the same period of the last year – up to 844.2 thousand tons.
According to the company, smelting steel during this period rose by 10.5% to 1 million 18.9 thousand tons, and iron – by 1.1%, to 1 million 145.8 thousand tons.
In June 2023, Zaporizhstal produced 131.9 thousand tons of cast iron (in June 2022 – 72.8 thousand tons), 159.4 thousand tons of steel (69.6 thousand tons), shipped 199.1 thousand tons of rolled steel (146.9 thousand tons).
“The increase in production levels in June 2023 compared to the same period last year was due to the withdrawal of blast furnace No. 2 from hot preservation mode and the adjustment of the operating mode of three blast furnaces,” the press release explains.
At the same time, production went down in May. Thus, in the previous month was produced 229.6 thousand tons of iron, 213.3 thousand tons of steel, but the shipment of steel was lower – 180.5 thousand tons.
It’s worth mentioning that due to intensified military operations in the region, since the beginning of March 2022 Metinvest Group has put some of Zaporizhstal’s equipment into hot standby. At the end of March of the same year the plant partially resumed cold-rolling shop operation for production and shipment of cold-rolled coils to European consumers. A month after the forced shutdown the mill put the equipment out of conservation and partially resumed production. Since April 2022 the mill has been working at an average of 50% capacity.
As it was reported, in 2022 “Zaporizhstal” decreased the output of rolled steel by 60.4% compared to 2021 – down to 1 million 304.3 thousand tons, steel – by 61.7% to 1 million 491.3 thousand tons, iron – by 54.3%, to 2 million 9.9 thousand tons.
“Zaporizhstal” is one of the biggest industrial enterprises in Ukraine, which products are in great demand among the consumers on the internal market and in many countries of the world. The plant specializes in high-quality carbon and low-alloy steel coils, hot-rolled plates, cold-rolled sheets, cold-rolled coils, as well as steel straps, tin plates, formed sections.
Main consumers are producers of welded pipes, enterprises of automotive, transport, agricultural engineering, producers of household appliances.
“Zaporizhstal is currently in the process of integration into Metinvest Group the main shareholders of which are CJSC “System Capital Management” (71.24%) and Smart Holding group of companies (23.76%).
Metinvest Holding LLC is the management company of Metinvest Group.
Moldova in January-March 2023 increased 6.5 times the export of alcoholic beverages to Ukraine – up to $ 9.40 million compared to the same period last year ($ 1.44 million), the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) said.
“With a share of 17.6% of the total export volume, Ukraine has become the main market for Moldovan alcohol, pushing Belarus and Romania to second and third place with shares of 17.1% and 14.5%, respectively,” – as quoted from NBM information, Moldovan edition mold-street.com
At the same time, Ukraine was on the first place among the importers of alcohol to Moldova, Russia – on the eighth.
In the first quarter of this year, Moldova increased the export of alcohol and ethyl alcohol by 26.8%, which in monetary terms amounted to $ 53.47 million.
The Kiev analytical Club of Experts, in order to promote Ukrainian wine, began a series of seminars and tastings. You can learn more about it by following the link
