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Business news from Ukraine

Yaroslavsky’s DMZ cut profits by 99.8% in 2022

Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMZ, formerly Evraz-DMZ), a part of DCH Steel of businessman Aleksandr Yaroslavsky’s DCH Group, posted a net profit of UAH 4.225 million in 2022, compared to UAH 1 billion 725.157 million in 2021.

According to the minutes of the annual general meeting of shareholders held on December 22, 2023, which was held remotely, the shareholders decided to use the profit made in 2022 to repay the losses of previous years and not to make any contributions to the reserve capital.

The outstanding loss at the end of 2022 amounted to UAH 454.601 million.

The shareholders planned to consider personnel issues regarding the termination of powers of the members of the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee, election of a new Supervisory Board, but the meeting did not vote for the resignation of the members of the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee – 100% of shareholders were against it. Therefore, no votes were counted on the issues of amendments to the company’s charter and internal documents (taking into account the liquidation of the revision commission as a controlling body).

As reported, in 2021, DMZ received a net profit of UAH 1 billion 725.157 million, while it ended 2020 with a net loss of UAH 394.091 million.

DMZ specializes in the production of steel, cast iron, rolled products and products made from them.

On March 1, 2018, DCH Group signed an agreement to buy Dnipro Metallurgical Plant from Evraz.

According to the third quarter of 2023, Drampisco Limited (Cyprus) owns 97.7346% of DMZ shares.

The authorized capital of the company is UAH 574.994 million, with a par value of UAH 0.25 per share.

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Northern Mining and Processing Plant earned almost UAH 682 mln in profit

Northern Mining and Processing Plant (Pivdennyi GOK, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro Oblast), a part of Metinvest Group, posted a net profit of UAH 681.867 million in January-September 2023, compared to a net loss of UAH 2 billion 227.488 million in the same period of 2022.

According to the interim report of the company, which is owned by Interfax-Ukraine, net income for the period increased by 8.8% to UAH 14 billion 27.599 million.

Retained earnings as of the end of September 2023 amounted to UAH 10 billion 727.921 million.

In 9M2023, Northern Mining produced 1 million 414.95 thousand tons of concentrate and 2 million 233.98 thousand tons of pellets.

The company ended 2022 with a net loss of UAH 2 billion 972.333 million, while in 2021 it made a net profit of UAH 25 billion 293.042 million.

In 2022, Northern GOK produced 2 million 144.23 thousand tons of concentrate and 1 million 525.01 thousand tons of pellets. In 2022, the plant’s supplies to the Ukrainian market amounted to 3.957 million tons, compared to 12.612 million tons in 2021. The share of sales of commercial concentrate to the domestic market in physical terms amounted to 51%, which is 37% less than in 2021. The company exported 2.092 million tons of iron ore concentrate and pellets.

The plant specializes in the extraction, processing and production of iron ore.

According to the third quarter of 2023, Metinvest B. V. owns 100% of the shares in Northern Mining.

Northern GOK is part of Metinvest Group, whose main shareholders are System Capital Management (SCM, Donetsk) (71.24%) and Smart Holding Group (23.76%). Metinvest Holding LLC is the management company of Metinvest Group.

The authorized capital of Yenakiieve Mining is UAH 579.707 million.

KAMETSTAL posted net profit of UAH 1.4 bln

Metinvest Group’s Kametstal plant, which was built at the facilities of Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMK, Kamianske, Dnipro region), posted a net profit of UAH 1 billion 359.475 million in January-June 2023, while the same period in 2022 ended with a net loss of UAH 1 billion 256.843 million.

According to the company’s interim report available to Interfax-Ukraine, net income for the period decreased by 0.8% to UAH 23 billion 415.731 million.

Retained earnings as of the end of June 2023 amounted to UAH 202.216 million.

The plant ended 2022 with a net loss of UAH 883.119 million, while in 2021 it made a net profit of UAH 120.277 million. The company’s net income in 2022 increased by 91.3% to UAH 37 billion 850.282 million. Production in 2022 amounted to 1 million 686.4 thousand tons of steel products.

“Kametstal was established on the basis of PJSC Dnipro Coke and Chemical Plant (DKKhZ) and the Centralized Steel Works of PJSC Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMK).

According to the third quarter of 2023, Metinvest B.V. (Netherlands) owns 100% of the company’s shares.

The authorized capital of PJSC Kametstal is UAH 170.584 million.

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KZHRK reduced its profit by 46%

In January-September 2023, Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Plant (KZHRK) cut its net profit by 45.7% compared to the same period in 2022 to UAH 699.465 million.

According to the interim report of the company, available to Interfax-Ukraine, net income for the period decreased by 18% to UAH 4 billion 430.021 million.

Retained earnings as of the end of September 2023 amounted to UAH 6 billion 210.007 million.

In 2022, KZHRK reduced its net profit by 72.2% to UAH 1 billion 117.502 million and net income by 43.6% to UAH 6 billion 290.171 million. Production in 2022 amounted to 2.888 million tons, while sales volume was 2.383 million tons. The total volume of products exported in 2022 amounted to 84.7% of total sales.

Proven (balance sheet as of January 1, 2023) reserves of rich ores amount to 262.4 million tons with an average iron content of 58.66%.

As reported earlier, in 2021, KZHRK increased its net profit by 2.37 times compared to 2020 to UAH 4 billion 23.95 million, while net income increased by 68.9% to UAH 11 billion 158.331 million.

KZHRK specializes in underground iron ore mining. The company has four mines: “Pokrovska (formerly Zhovtneva), Kryvorizka (Batkivshchyna), Kozatska (formerly Gvardiyska) and Ternivska (formerly Ordzhonikidze and then Lenin).

According to the third quarter of 2023, the main shareholder of KZHRK is Starmill Limited (Cyprus), which owns 99.8812% of its shares.

Earlier it was reported that SCM Group owns a certain share in KZHRK, while Metinvest Group has no relation to KZHRK. At the same time, SCM Group is only an investor, while Privat Group exercises operational control over the plant.

The authorized capital of the company is UAH 1 billion 991.233 million.

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Ilta car dealer received UAH 35 mln in net profit

Ilta, the official dealer of Peugeot, Citroёn, DS and Jeep in Kyiv and Kyiv region, earned UAH 34.84 million in net profit in January-September this year, compared to a loss of UAH 36.67 million in the same period in 2022.

According to the company’s interim financial statements published in the NSSMC disclosure system, its net income increased by 83% to UAH 471.55 million.

The company’s profit from operating activities increased 3.8 times to UAH 56.52 million, and gross profit by 66% to UAH 86.35 million.

Ilta has been operating in Ukraine since 1991. It is the official dealer in Kyiv and Kyiv region of Stellantis car brands – Peugeot, Citroёn, DS, and since 2023 – Jeep.

The company provides a full range of operational leasing services for cars and commercial vehicles, customer car administration services, sales of new and used cars, maintenance, and also rents office space in its own business center.

According to the company’s annual report, in 2022, it suffered a loss of almost UAH 34 million, up 60.6% year-on-year, with net income more than halving to UAH 339 million.

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Ukrgasbank’s net profit exceeded UAH 4 bln

The profit of the state-owned Ukrgasbank (Kyiv) in January-November 2023 amounted to UAH 4.08 billion, while the state-owned bank ended the same period last year with a net loss of UAH 3.75 billion, the financial institution reported on Tuesday.

It was specified that the bank’s operating profit for January-November this year before deductions to reserves and taxation amounted to UAH 4.3 billion.

According to the release, Ukrgasbank’s assets have increased by UAH 35 billion since the beginning of the year and reached UAH 166.7 billion as of November 2023, while the portfolio of attracted customer funds has increased by UAH 29.9 billion since January and amounted to UAH 142.7 billion.

It was specified that the portfolio of corporate business funds increased the most significantly – by UAH 26.2 billion to UAH 85.5 billion, in particular, from small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) – by UAH 4 billion to UAH 25.4 billion.

The bank added that the portfolio of term deposits of retail business clients in hryvnia amounted to UAH 9.8 billion at the end of November, having increased by UAH 3.5 billion since the beginning of the year.

According to the National Bank of Ukraine, as of October 1, 2023, Ukrgasbank ranked 5th in terms of total assets (UAH 166.44 billion) among 63 banks in the country.

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