Статті з позначкою: ільменітова схема

For the production of titanium dioxide, the plant of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash located on the territory of occupied Crimea needs ilmenite. It is extracted in Zhytomyr oblast and supplied by various ways to the peninsula. In order to avoid Crimean sanctions, the so-called “ilmenite scheme” is used: each element of the scheme is legitimate but the overall result violates sanction restrictions and the Ukrainian legislation. Intermediary companies buy ilmenite ore concentrate from the state enterprise “United Mining and Chemical Company '' (UMCC), sell it to another company, which supplies the concentrate to Crimea. Supply routes and companies can change but the Ukrainian raw material is still supplied to the Crimean titanium factory owned by Mr. Firtash. Czech company “Belanto Trade” has been among buyers of the ore concentrate from the UMCC in November 2020. It insists that its contractors do not supply ilmenite to Crimea. However, it does not disclose their names and the final recipient of the resold Ukrainian titanium ore.