KYIV, Aug 16 - According to the results of January-June of this year, Metinvest reduced steel production by 57% compared to the same period last year - to 1.032 million tons, according to a press release from the parent company Metinvest B.V. based on the results of the second quarter and the first half of 2023.

KYIV, Aug 16 - The Velta group of companies with assets for the extraction of titanium-containing ores in Novomyrhorod (Kirovohrad region) left the founders of the National Association of Mining Industry of Ukraine and founded the Ukrainian Titanium Industry Association, whose main task will be to create a full cycle of processing titanium raw materials in Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 17 – After preliminary geological studies and approbation of Tereblia salt deposit in 2015, it was recorded that it has rock salt reserves of 15.5 million tons, Viktor Mykyta, the head of Zakarpattia Regional Military Administration, said.

KYIV, Aug 17 – Ukrenergo resorted to emergency assistance from the power system of Romania in the amount of 1,200 MWh on August 16 at 19:00-22:00 in the conditions of summer record energy consumption.

KYIV, Aug 17 – With the current level of income and expenses of the population, the vacancy rate of the shopping and entertainment centers in Kyiv may reach 17% by the end of 2024, Kostiantyn Oliynyk, head of the strategic consulting department at UTG, told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 17 – Over 15 years, Naftogaz Ukrainy has invested about $580 million in the production of concessional oil and gas fields of hydrocarbons in Egypt, said First Deputy Chairman of the Board of the company Serhiy Pereloma.

KYIV, Aug 17 – The Cabinet of Ministers has set the price of electricity for individual household consumers at UAH 1.44 per kWh with a consumption volume of 250 kWh per month from October 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022 inclusively.

KYIV, Aug 17 – The median price of apartments in the secondary market of Kyiv was $1,308 per square meter in July 2021, which is 13.7% higher than in the same period in 2020, the press service of the address.ua portal has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 17 – Most people in Ukraine have serious reservations about obligations the country has undertaken in exchange for lending from international organizations and multilateral institutions, according to a survey by the Social Monitoring Center.

KYIV, Aug 17 – Turboatom, the nuclear power turbo-generator maker, and Electrotyazhmash, the state-owned power machinery firm, will jointly contribute to the construction of new power infrastructure and the replacement of decommissioned capacities, which is a key task of the second stage of the implementation of the Energy Strategy of Ukraine until 2035, the Energy Ministry reported.