50% of companies extracting minerals in the Sverdlovsk region have become unprofitable

Based on the results of the first half of the year, the total amount of their losses made 2,8 billion rubles. As is the case nationwide, losses are growing due to the loss of a significant portion of sales markets, the Central Bank's tight monetary policy, and overall price increases.

В Kuzbass, for example, this summer by one and a half times increased The number of mines and open-pit mines that have suspended operations has dropped from 10 to 15. Miners themselves claim that there's only one mine left in the entire region where people can still find work: most of the others are on the verge of bankruptcy and aren't hiring. Miners haven't received wages for months, are going on hunger strikes, and some are recruiting for the war in search of money.

The situation is even worse for utilities. In the Sverdlovsk region, the share of unprofitable organizations in this sector has reached 58%, with their total losses amounting to 3,2 billion rubles.