News of Ukraine

On September 2, «Zakhidnyi Bug» PE began sugar beet harvesting — the total area in 2020 amounts to 13,775 ha, the planned average yield — 60 t/ha. It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. As of September 16, the company harvested 93,206 tonnes of sugar roots with the average yield of 50-55 t/ha, sugar content — in t...

«Starokostiantynivcukor» LLC, one of the most powerful sugar refineries in Ukraine, began sugar-refining campaign.  It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. «Starokostiantynivcukor» LLC is a modern enterprise, one of the leaders of Ukrainian sugar industry. The sugar refiner...

Khorostkiv subdivision of «Radekhivskyi Sugar» LLC began 2020 sugar campaign. It is reported by press-service of the company. On September 15, 2020, at 6 o'clock in the morning, Khorostkiv Production received the first volumes of raw materials.  Recall, that...

«A'SPIK Agro» began sugar beet harvesting. And although the soil is quite dry, the process is moving forward briskly. It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. According to the company, soon the first sweet roots will be transported to the bbeet receiving station to begin 2020/2021 sugar refining season....

On September 9, beet receiving station of Yaresky Sugar Refinery, the part of «Astarta-Kyiv» structure, began receiving raw materials.  It is reported in the message of «Our Astarta» Facebook group. The first sugar beets came from the fields of Dovzhenko Agricultural Company. «The 2020 sugar beet...

On September 5, «Radekhivskyi Sugar» LLC was the first in Ukraine to begin 2020 sugar beet processing season at Radekhiv subdivision. It is reported by press-service of the company. All preparatory and repair processes have been completed. The first sugar beet was delivered to the territory of the beet receiving station.

Krasyliv Sugar Refinery will soon replenish its material and technical base with European-made equipment. In particular, 2 vacuum devices have been purchased and will be installed in the near future, which will be the basis for the implementation of the 3-rd product scheme for sugar production. It is reported by «A'SPIK Group» on its Facebook-page. Earlier the refinery used a simplified method of sugar beet processing, which involved 2 phases of sugar extraction and,...

Cygnet purchased the new TEM-2U-8289 locomotive to reduce logistics costs. It will run on the railway tracks of the elevator in the village of Kozyatyn from the end of September. It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. «This locomotive is identical to the other one in the elevator in the village of Andrushky. Its characteristics are satisfied: high-qu...

«Astarta» sugar revenues amounted to EUR57m (up by 3% y-o-y) on improvement of realized prices to EUR354 per tonn compared to EUR329 per tonn a year ago. This lead to the EBITDA increasing to EUR8,1m in 1H20 from EUR4,0m in 1H19. It is reported by press center of the company. «Astarta»’s consolidated revenues amounted to EUR172m in the 1H20 with exports’ share of 53%. The Agricultural segment’s...

Currently, Shepetivka Sugar Refinery carries out an important reconstruction, thanks to which significant savings of costs and losses in sugar beet supply for production.  It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. «We are approaching the beet storage silo to the refinery. Thus, the transportation distance will be reduced: previously it was about...