A delegation from the Development Finance Corporation (DFC), which recently arrived in Kyiv, has begun working in the regions of Ukraine alongside Ukrainian officials. The main goal of the visit is to form a project portfolio for priority investments from the American-Ukrainian Reconstruction Investment Fund.
This is reported by Finway
Searching for Promising Investment Platforms
According to Minister of Economy Oleksii Sobolev, the fund will invest not only in the extraction of critically important minerals but also in the development of energy, oil and gas projects, and related infrastructure. The minister emphasized that DFC and Ukrainian partners have already visited the Kirovohrad region to assess the investment potential of the area in the extraction and processing of raw materials.
Special Attention to Titanium, Zirconium, and Hafnium
During the working trip, the DFC delegation inspected the Byrzulivskyi Mining and Processing Plant and the Likarivske deposit, which are considered promising sites for the fund’s investment portfolio. In these areas, the main focus of extraction is titanium ores, and there are plans to develop zirconium ores as well. Additionally, deposits of hafnium—a rare metal that is strategically important for nuclear energy, aerospace, and other high-tech industries—have been discovered at the sites.
“Ukraine is one of the key suppliers of titanium, which is widely used in the defense, aerospace, and high-tech industries, with high demand in the USA, Europe, and Latin America.”
The assessment of the potential of Kirovohrad region was the first link in a larger program aimed at finding investment opportunities in various regions of the country for the development of strategic sectors and attracting international investments.