Business news from Ukraine

Business news from Ukraine

Novoselivsky Mining and Processing Plant Reports 7.8% Decline in First-Half Profit

PJSC “Novoselivsky Mining and Processing Plant” (NGZK, Kharkiv Oblast) saw its net profit decline by 7.8% in January–June of this year compared to the same period last year—to 12.480 million UAH from 13.536 million UAH.

According to the company’s interim report, available to the agency “Interfax-Ukraine,” revenue from ordinary activities for this period rose by 7.4%—to 112.440 million UAH.

Retained earnings as of the end of June 2026 amounted to 116.772 million UAH.

As previously reported, NGZK posted a net loss of 4.441 million UAH in January–March of this year, whereas in the same period last year it reported a net profit of 3.677 million UAH; revenue from ordinary operations for that period was 36.067 million UAH (47.396 million UAH).

According to the annual report, NGZK increased its net profit to 20.170 million UAH in 2025 from 18.938 million UAH in 2024. At the same time, revenue from ordinary operations for this period increased compared to 2024, rising to 190.631 million UAH from 168.553 million UAH.

In 2024, NGZK increased its net profit by 6.1% compared to 2023—to 18.938 million UAH, while net revenue rose by 11.6% to 168.553 million UAH.

The Novoselivsky Mining and Processing Plant was established in 2000. It is engaged in the extraction of sand, gravel, and clay.

According to data from the National Securities and Stock Market Commission for the first quarter of 2026, Silica Holding LLC (Ukraine) owns 94.8205% of the public joint-stock company.

The authorized capital is 21.25 million UAH.

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KMZ Industries won tender to manufacture 16 silos for feed mill in Kharkiv region

KMZ Industries (Karlivsky Machine-Building Plant, KMZ, Poltava region) has won a tender for the manufacture of hoppers for a new feed mill being built in the Kharkiv region in 2026, the company’s press service reported on Facebook.

According to the report, KMZ Industries will manufacture 16 metal silos with a total capacity of 1,084 cubic meters to expand the customer’s production capacity as part of the project. The hoppers will be used to store raw materials and semi-finished products for feed production.

“Investments in compound feed production demonstrate the desire of agricultural companies to increase added value, build more closed production cycles, and develop domestic processing. It is precisely such projects that form the long-term basis for the growth of the industry and determine the vector of development of the Ukrainian agro-industrial complex,” the company noted.

For KMZ Industries, this project is its first experience of cooperation with the customer and, at the same time, a continuation of its work in the agricultural processing segment, where the company already has practical experience in implementing similar solutions.

KMZ Industries is the largest manufacturer of elevator equipment in Ukraine and produces a full range of products, including silos, grain dryers, transport equipment, and separators, as well as providing automation and installation services.

According to the company, it has built more than 5,000 facilities. KMZ Industries silos with a total volume of more than 12.5 million cubic meters are in operation.

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“Agrotrade” starts sowing mustard in Kharkiv region

Agrotrade agricultural holding has started sowing mustard in the fields of Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, with 600 hectares of land allocated for the crop, the company’s press service reported on Facebook.

“Mustard is the crop that best tolerates deteriorating weather conditions, so we started with it. In addition, we continue sowing spring wheat in the weakened areas allocated for winter wheat. Currently, the soil is well cultivated and has sufficient moisture, which is conducive to high-quality sowing. So we don’t see any risks for the sowing campaign yet,” said Oleksandr Ovsyanyk, Director of Agrotrade’s Agricultural Department.

He added that the company plans to start sowing sunflower and corn in parallel on April 11, and the sowing campaign is expected to be completed by May 10.

The Agrotrade Group is a vertically integrated holding company with a full agro-industrial cycle (production, processing, storage and trade of agricultural products). The company cultivates over 70 thousand hectares of land in Chernihiv, Sumy, Poltava and Kharkiv regions. Its main crops are sunflower, corn, winter wheat, soybeans and rapeseed. It has its own network of elevators with a simultaneous storage capacity of 570 thousand tons.

The group also produces hybrid seeds of corn and sunflower, barley, and winter wheat. In 2014, a seed plant with a capacity of 20 thousand tons of seeds per year was built on the basis of Kolos seed farm (Kharkiv region). In 2018, Agrotrade launched its own brand Agroseeds on the market.

The founder of Agrotrade is Vsevolod Kozhemiako.

 

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“Ukrposhta” resumes work in Kharkiv region

In the de-occupied communities of Kharkiv region “Ukrposhta” resumes issuing pensions, stationary and mobile offices work.
“One post office can serve up to 6 settlements, and one mobile office – up to 14”, – quotes the OVA press service director of the Kharkiv directorate of JSC “Ukrposhta” Yuriy Savchenko.
According to him, next week it is planned to resume the work of the stationary department of “Ukrposhta” in Volchansk. Such departments are already working in Balakleya, Izyum, Kupiansk, etc.
In total, “Ukrposhta” resumed work in 61% of the liberated settlements in the region.
At the same time, in some communities travel is still prohibited for security reasons.
“Beyond Volchansk to the northeastern direction there is a road, where we do not yet have access. Also, they do not allow access to the Dvurechanskaya community. However, we are given access to the Kupyansk community, which is located on the eastern bank. We plan to extend the period of payment until November 30, because it is necessary to issue pensions to citizens who have not received them for several months,” – Savchenko said.
Almost 730 thousand people are registered in Kharkov region and 166 thousand of them are registered in the de-occupied territories.
According to Victor Achkasov, the head of the Main department of the Pension fund in Kharkov region, Pension fund service centers restored the work in the liberated Balakleya, Izyum, Barvenkov, Shevchenko, Kupyansk, Velyky Burluk, Volchansk and Dergachy. In Borovaya and Dvurechnaya, the service centers are not working yet.

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Kharkiv region received a batch of Pfizer vaccines against coronavirus, Janssen vaccines are expected

Kharkiv region is provided with CoronaVac vaccine, in addition, the region received a batch of Comirnaty Tris vaccines from Pfizer and a batch of Janssen vaccines is expected, the press service of the regional military administration reports.
“The region has received 14,000 doses of the Comirnaty Tris vaccine from Pfizer. More than 6,000 doses of the Janssen vaccine are also expected. In addition, today the region is supplied with the CoronaVac vaccine in sufficient quantities,” the message says.
According to the director of the HOVA Health Department Maxim Khaustov, in Kharkiv you can get vaccinated in polyclinics, in the region – in other medical institutions. You can get both the first or second dose, as well as a booster or additional. The technical possibility of entering the new Comirnaty Tris vaccine into the Electronic Health System and uploading updated covid certificates to Diya will become available from next week.
Khaustov noted that a new wave of COVID-19 is already beginning in Europe and urged residents of the region to get vaccinated.
“I remind you that the only effective way to counter the disease is vaccination … Depending on which vaccine was made first, you can do a booster dose of both Janssen, which is a vector vaccine, and Comirnaty Tris, which is an mRNA vaccine,” Khaustov said. .
According to him, since the beginning of the vaccination campaign in the region, about 2 million 850 thousand vaccinations have been made, while more than 1 million 100 thousand people have been vaccinated with two doses. Since February 24, 50,000 vaccinations have been made in the region, of which about 40,000 are booster doses.
Since February 24, 20 people have died from complications caused by COVID-19.

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HARVESTING OF EARLY GRAINS BEGAN IN KHARKIV REGION – LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Harvesting of early grains has begun in Kharkiv region, the press service of the regional military administration reported with reference to the department of agro-industrial development.
“To date, the first mowing of winter barley and wheat has been made. Some 1,292 tonnes of early grain and leguminous crops have been harvested from an area of 450 hectares, or 0.1% of the harvested area (438,200 hectares)… In terms of crops threshed: winter wheat – 866 tonnes from an area of 345 hectares (0.1% of the harvested area), the average yield is 25.1 centners per ha; winter barley – 426 tonnes from an area of 106 hectares (0.1% of the harvested area), yield – 40.2 centners per hectare,” the press service of Kharkiv regional military administration told an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent.
This year, in Kharkiv region, farmers sowed 438,200 hectares with early cereals and legumes (excluding temporarily occupied territories and zones of active hostilities), of which wheat (winter and spring) – 348,900 hectares; barley (winter and spring) – 73,100 ha; rye – 1,400 hectares; oats – 2,700 hectares (54%); and peas – 12,100 hectares.
The Department of Agro-Industrial Development also noted that as of July 5, according to the recent data of the district administrations, 22,600 hectares (1.2% of the total arable land) need to be cleared or surveyed for the presence of sites contaminated with explosive objects. We are talking about farmland in Bohodukhiv (12,000 hectares); Kharkiv (2,580 ha) and Chuhuiv (8,090 d ha) districts of the region.
“On the territories of Izium, Kupiansk, partially Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv and Chuhuiv districts, hostilities continue, therefore, information about the territories that require examination for the presence of explosive objects in Kharkiv region is constantly changing and being updated,” the press service quoted the department.

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