The average monthly salary of full-time employees in the fourth quarter of 2023 increased by 7.2% compared to the third quarter of 2023 and amounted to UAH 19,231, the State Statistics Service (Ukrstat) reported.
According to the statistics agency, the growth was 16.7% compared to the fourth quarter of 2022.
According to the State Statistics Service, over the year, the average monthly salary increased the most in construction – by 45.3% to UAH 14,925, in temporary accommodation and catering – by 39.4% to UAH 13,539, in real estate operations – by 36.7% to UAH 16,997, and in transport, postal and courier services – by 36.4% to UAH 20,212,
In industry, the growth was 25.7% to UAH 20,262, in financial and insurance activities – 24% to UAH 37,477, in information and telecommunications – 23.3% to UAH 41,326, and in other services – 20.9% to UAH 20,581.
According to the State Statistics Service, wages in wholesale and retail trade increased by 18.8% to UAH 21,797, in administrative services by 18.4% to UAH 15,567, in professional, scientific and technical activities by 13.8%, to UAH 25,860, in agriculture – by 12.3% to UAH 15,569, in public administration and defense – by 12.2% to UAH 28,516, in healthcare – by 5.2% to UAH 15,651, in art, sports and entertainment – by 3.6% to UAH 14,431, in education – by 0.5% to UAH 13,500.
The data exclude the temporarily occupied territories of the Russian Federation and parts of the territories where military operations are (were) conducted.
Changes in revenue of the consolidated budget in 2021-2023 (%)
Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news
Ukraine has managed to increase its exports through Danube ports sixfold since the beginning of the war, to 33 million tons, but intends to increase them by another 2-7 million, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
“Our goal is to expand the export capacity of the Danube cluster from 33 million tons in 2023 to 35-40 million tons in 2024,” the prime minister said at a press conference on Monday.
According to him, the possibility of launching container transportation on the Danube is also being considered, which will also increase export opportunities and create an alternative to land routes.
Shmyhal recalled that during the two years of war, more than 20 new transshipment points were opened in the Danube cluster, which ensured a 6-fold increase in cargo turnover compared to 2021.
“Corum Druzhkovka Machine-Building Plant (Corum DrMZ), a part of Corum Group (DTEK Energy), has launched a modified model of a mine trolley at the request of Zakhidno-Donbaska mine, using stainless steel for the first time to make the body and bottom.
“This was the first experience of its kind for the plant, including in welding stainless steel with ferrous steel. The machine builders have manufactured and shipped 12 modified trolleys to the mine,” the plant’s Facebook page reports.
The VD2.5K-900 trolley with a volume of 2.5 cubic meters and hinged bottoms is designed to transport rock mass.
The report specifies that the use of stainless steel is due to the need to prevent the rock mass from sticking to the body and bottoms, as the mass stuck to the trolleys after unloading has to be removed manually.
“We have achieved this goal. The problem of rock sticking has been completely solved, and the time for unloading has been reduced by three times,” the plant’s manager Sergey Bryukhako was quoted as saying in the report.
Among the advantages of stainless steel for trolley elements, the company notes high corrosion resistance, but this material has some limitations, such as lower strength compared to low-alloy black steel.
“The real efficiency of such modernization will be clear during further operation,” the statement said.
“Corum DrMZ plans to further expand its line of trolleys with stainless steel bodies, including a model with a larger capacity (3.3 cubic meters).
Corum Group is a leading manufacturer of mining equipment in Ukraine and a part of DTEK Energy, the operating company responsible for coal mining and electricity generation within Rinat Akhmetov’s DTEK holding.
“Corum DrMZ, located in Dnipro, increased its loss by 2.6 times in 2022 compared to 2021, to UAH 458.3 million, while revenue fell by 2.3 times to UAH 559 million.
The area of the deposit is 54.9 hectares. The area of the leased territory is 88.09 hectares (7 plots). The mining allotment for the extraction of block stone is 15.92 hectares, and for the extraction of stone for crushed stone – 33.28 hectares. The land lease agreements are valid until 2036.
Special mining permit until 2036. The permit includes two separate areas: for the extraction of block stone (Cardinal Grey) and rubble stone for the production of crushed stone.
The balance sheet reserves for 2024 amount to 15.762 million m3, including 3.176 million m3 for blocks (categories A + B) and 12.586 million m3 for crushed stone (categories A + B + C1).
In addition, in the C1 category, the conditional balance reserves for the block section are +2.69 million m3, and for the crushed stone section – +1.074 million m3.
Product characteristics: fraction nomenclature according to certificates: 0-5, 5-10, 10-20, 5-20, 20-40, 40-70, mixtures of C-11, C-7, C-5. Compressive strength grade M1200, density 2.7 t/m.cubic meter, radioactivity class one, abrasion grade St.1, impact resistance grade U-75, serial friability g/p = 15%. An operating laboratory with equipment.
Number of personnel: 24 people (technical staff – 8 people, other staff – 16 people). Work in 1 shift.
Production capacity of the crushed stone production line = 1,100,000 tons per hour. 4 crushing stages:
1. Receiving hopper (60 cubic meters) with a plate feeder and a jaw crusher SMD-111;
2. Medium crushing cone crusher Metso GP300s + Gyratory CVB 2060 (3 decks);
3. Mobile complex with cone crusher Sandvik СH-440 + Gurkrit (2 decks) + Gurkrit (3 decks);
4. An independent line with a Metso HP-100 cone crusher + Rumbling (3 decks).
The crushing and screening line is fully equipped with machinery: two loaders (CAT, VOLVO), an excavator (Liebherr), two BelAZ trucks (45 tons), two BelAZ trucks (30 tons), two KrAZ trucks, three cranes (two KS and RDC cranes), a fuel truck, etc. There is also a tank with a 10 cubic meter license and a garage with repair bays, three Skoda cars.
In addition to the crushing and sorting line, the quarry has a complex of workshops for sawing and polishing slabs from the block quarry, all equipped with crane beams, overhead cranes and hoists.
Also on the territory are the following buildings: operator’s room, utility room, administrative building, checkpoint, warehouse, lathe shop, compressor room, pump room, and garage. The area of all buildings is more than 4000 square meters.
There is a railway loading branch equipped with a ramp with two receiving hoppers and a conveyor loading system for 10-20 receiving cars.
More detailed information is available upon request
Price: USD 3 250 000
Ukraine is ready to extend the transit of Russian gas through its gas transportation system (GTS) at the initiative of the European Union countries, but will not extend the current contract or sign a new one with Gazprom, Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said at a press conference in Kiev on Monday.
“We are certainly not going to negotiate with the aggressor country to extend (the transit contract) and put our signatures under the agreement, but we have had repeated talks with European leaders on the basis of the European Commission. If European countries will act as a consortium or one of the European partners will act as a transit company for its own gas, we are ready to provide such a service. Here the initiative is on the side of the EU and our European partners,” he said.
“Group, association, consortium… It could be the EC, a group of European countries that are interested in preserving transit,” Shmygal specified.
At the same time, according to the Prime Minister, the GTS of Ukraine is ready to function without the transit of Russian natural gas.
As reported, the transit of Russian natural gas through the gas transportation system (GTS) of Ukraine in 2023 decreased by 28.4% (by 5 billion 812.6 million cubic meters) compared to 2022 – to 14 billion 646.6 million cubic meters.
The contract between Naftohaz Ukrainy and Gazprom for the organization of transportation, the transportation agreement between NAK and OGTSU, as well as the inter-operator agreement between OGTSU and Gazprom were signed on December 30, 2019. The contract provides for transit of 40 billion cubic meters of gas per year in 2021-2024.
