KYIV, Aug 10 – The State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine has deprived Mezhyrichensk Mining and Concentration Complex LLC (Mezhyrichensk Mining), which is part of the titanium business of Dmytro Firtash's Group DF, of the right to a license for geological exploration and development of the Selyschansky block in Zhytomyr region with deposits of titanium ores.

According to a copy of the State Service's order, which is available to Interfax-Ukraine, the authority made the decision based on information from law enforcement agencies and financial monitoring entities that the winner of the auction finances terrorism in Ukraine.