KYIV. Aug 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – UMG Holding, the only Ukrainian operator of waste from TPPs, in January-June 2016 increased sales of dry ash from Ukrainian coal thermal power plants (TPP) by 17.5% compared to the same period in 2015, to 83,700 tonnes.
According to a press release from UMG, 100% of the said volume of raw materials was shipped to Ukrainian producers of cement and concrete.
The company notes dry ash is used in the manufacture of concrete structures, dry building mixes and aerated concrete. Its use allows improving the technical characteristics of final products and saving natural components in their composition. At present the UMG customer base includes about 50 largest producers of this product in Ukraine.
The raw material base for dry ash supplies to UMG customers are five TPPs of DTEK, namely Kurakhove TPP, Kryvy Rih TPP, Ladyzhyn TPP, Burshtyn TPP and Dobrotvirska TPP.
UMG is a diversified holding company operating in commodity, industrial and trading areas. It was founded in 2006 as a clay extracting business.
