Among the objects planned for sale are Demurinsky GOK which was divested in favor of the state by Russian businessman Mikhail Shelkov, 66.65% of Ocean Plaza SEC Rotenberg and the Nikolaev Alumina Refinery.
The State Property Fund of Ukraine is waiting for a vote on bill No. 8250, which contains a condition to unblock large-scale privatization. The head of the State Property Fund Rustem Umerov said this in an interview with Forbes Ukraine.
In particular, Umerov answered a question about plans to privatize Centrenergo and OGCC (United Mining and Chemical Company).
“We plan to present all the big things in the second or third quarter. Plan A – to privatize. Plan B – if there is no demand for these things, we will start developing these businesses for a long time and make them attractive -attract investors. in the future,” he said. head of the FGI.
Umerov also said that among the things they plan to sell are the Demurinsky GOK that was alienated in favor of the state by Russian businessman Mikhail Shelkov, 66.65% of the Ocean Plaza shopping center Rotenbergov and the Nikolaev Alumina Refinery (NGZ), which is under still. VAKS appeal in a dispute with Oleg Deripaska. Other Russian properties to be confiscated by a court decision, the SPF also plans to put up for privatization “as soon as possible.”
The head of the fund also said that it takes 60-90 days to prepare something for privatization.
Regarding Demurinsky GOK, which mines titanium-zirconium ore, Umerov clarified that UAH 40 million is needed to launch it, so the products stored in the plant were presented to Prozorro, and for these funds the business was launched and wages. was paid.
It is also reported that the Fund is planning to attract UAH 6 billion to the state budget for 2023 this year, but this will be possible on the condition that the aforementioned law is adopted, which opens large-scale privatization.
Umerov added that since the beginning of September 2022, the share of all 3,600+ state-controlled enterprises in SPF management has increased from about 35% to 65%, or more than 2,300 enterprises.
“Unfortunately, 85% of them are not profitable and do not work. Our goal is to unite all state-owned enterprises in the fund,” added the head of the SPF.
According to him, it plans to attract managers to businesses that cannot be sold (through Prozorro).
It was previously reported that the Russian-owned Demurinsky GOK will be sold at auction.
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