MOSCOW, Sept. 24 – The State Property Fund has confirmed its intention to sign an agreement on the creation of a JV to complete the building of Kryvy Rih Mining and Processing Plant for Oxidized Ores in Dolynske in Kirovohrad region with Ukrainian Ore-Metallurgic Company, which was founded on a parity basis by Russian Metalloinvest Holding and Ukrainian Smart-group.

"The transfer of terms for signing [the agreement] is linked only with the hospitalization of [SPF head] Valentyna Semeniuk. The new date for signing [the agreement] will be announced soon," the fund's press service told Interfax-Ukraine.