Adam Brown
Ukraine’s $28 billion demining challenge opens market for drones, sensors and AI
Ukraine’s vast mine-contamination problem is creating a market that extends well beyond traditional clearance, with investment opportunities emerging across drones, satellite imagery, sensors, artificial intelligence, mapping software, robotics and heavy equipment, according to a new report from Pravo Intelligence. Roughly 139,000 square kilometers, or about 25% of
Ukraine laying groundwork for post-war SMR buildout, private investment
Ukraine is laying the groundwork for small modular reactors to form part of its post-war energy buildout, with Kyiv advancing regulatory changes, evaluating reactor technologies and considering destroyed thermal power plants as possible SMR sites. The effort comes as Ukraine looks beyond replacing generating capacity destroyed during the war
Russian missile strike kills 2, partially halts output at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih
A Russian missile strike on ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih has killed two people, injured 13 employees and contractors and forced the steelmaker to partially halt production, the company said. The attack, which hit the plant overnight on Aug. 15-16, damaged key facilities used in energy and blast furnace production. ArcelorMittal
Ukraine weighs rail route through Moldova as Russian attacks disrupt grain exports
Ukraine is considering a rail corridor through Moldova to the Romanian port of Constanța as an alternative to Black Sea shipping, as Russian strikes on Ukrainian ports increasingly disrupt grain exports, Reuters reported, citing unnamed sources. Kyiv has asked Moldovan authorities for a 50% discount on the standard freight rate,
Private war-risk insurance market in Ukraine has quoted 1,000 assets and insured 100
Ukraine's private war-risk insurance market has expanded since the launch of its first large-scale commercial facility 18 months ago, with more than 1,000 industrial and commercial assets now quoted for coverage market-wide and more than 100 ultimately insured to date, according to FortuneGuard, the