Environmental costs of mining & metals companies in 2019 increased by 21.5% to $619.061 million against 2018, according to the State Statistics Service.
Ukrainian mining & metals companies traditionally follow the sustainable development principles and actively invest in environmental modernization.
The share of investment made by mining & metals companies in environmental measures in the structure of costs of all economic operators of Ukraine was 36.7%.
Specifically, steel producers spent $282.446 million on environmental protection last year. All other processing companies spent a total of just $170.242 million.
The share of iron ore companies in environmental projects in 2019 was $340.484 million. Other mining companies spent a total of just $15.477 million.
A total of $1.69 billion was spent on environmental protection in 2019 by economic operators of various forms of ownership, industries and areas of activity, 27% up from 2018.
For more details on the trends in and structure of environmental costs of mining & metals companies see GMK Center’s infographics.
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