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Kostyantyn Saliy
President of the Ukrainian Union of Manufacturers of Building Materials

Opinions Infrastructure railway tariffs

13 May 2025

Ukrainian Railways’ attempt to raise tariffs is a sabotage against the Ukrainian economy

UZ's actions will lead to a deterioration in the competitiveness of Ukrainian producers even in the domestic market

Ksenia Orinchak
executive Director of the National Association of Extractive Industries of Ukraine

Opinions Industry railway tariffs

08 May 2025

Ukrainian Railways’ tariffs indexation will increase logistics costs of the mining industry by more than UAH 10 billion per year

According to preliminary estimates, in this case, the cost of ore may increase by $2-3 per ton, and coal – by $5-7 per ton.

Anton Shapran
CEO of Maritime Logistics

Opinions Infrastructure freight

07 May 2025

What determines the level of freight rates in Ukrainian seaports

Nowadays, sea transportation tariffs are lower than a year ago

Stanislav Zinchenko
GMK Center CEO

Opinions Industry Ukraine’s iron and steel industry

05 May 2025

How Ukrainian steel industry is fighting for survival and future green prospects

Ukrainian steelmakers need access to European public funding to ensure future green transition

Artem Skorobohatov
Partner at Interlegal

Opinions Infrastructure sea transportation

30 April 2025

Marine risk insurance: what cargo owners need to know

The most painful innovation since the beginning of the war is the premium for war risk insurance – EWRI

Andrii Glushchenko
Analyst of GMK Center, PhD in Economics

Opinions Global Market scrap export

29 April 2025

Is this the end of free scrap trade in the world?

Introduction of scrap exports restrictions becomes a new trend

Ihor Udovychenko
Marketing and Sales Director of TAKT Metall

Opinions Industry engineering

21 April 2025

Ukrainian market of steel products for mechanical engineering to grow by 25-30% in 2024

The defense industry is the main driver of steel demand growth from the machine building sector

Andriy Lofiy
representative of the insurance broker LION

Opinions Infrastructure sea transportation

17 April 2025

Insurance rates in the ports of Greater Odessa decreased to 0.35-0.4%

The number of underwriters that have insurance capacity to cover risks in Ukrainian territorial waters is limited

Kateryna Zaloznyh
HR Director at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih

Opinions Companies ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih

08 April 2025

How ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih works with staff in times of war

In order to increase staff motivation, the company is raising salaries by an average of 15% starting May 1

Oleksiy Yanovskyy
Director of Procurement and Logistics at Interpipe

Opinions Companies Interpipe

07 April 2025

How a ship time charter became a successful logistics case for Interpipe

The company is once again close to leasing another vessel to operate on the Odesa – Persian Gulf route

Artem Petrenko
Executive Director of the Association of Ukrainian gas producing companies

Opinions Global Market natural gas

01 April 2025

There will be no cheap gas for the next two years – due to competition for the resource in the EU

Ukraine is dependent on gas imports, and domestic production is limited due to destruction by missile strikes

Dmytro Nikolayenko
Commercial Director of Metinvest

Opinions Companies

26 March 2025

Metinvest’s new Italian plant will be the most modern steelmaking facility in the EU

Thanks to the construction partner Danieli, this plant will become a model for demonstrating the most advanced green steel production technologies