KIEV, Oct. 11 - Ukrainian iron ore exports fell tentatively 2% year-on-year in January-September to 14.715 million tons, a source at Ukrrudprom, the association of Ukrainian mining enterprises, told Interfax.

DNIPROPETROVSK, Oct. 11 - Ukrainian steelmakers say they may see production disrupted next year by a severe shortage of coke.

KIEV, Oct. 11 – The Bogdan car corporation, one of the largest Ukrainian car producers, in January through September increased output of passenger cars produced at its plants in Lutsk, Cherkasy and Illichevsk by 14.4% year-on-year, to 36,499 cars, Bogdan spokesman Serhiy Krasulia told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV/SIMFEROPOL, Oct. 12 - The Ukrainian State Innovation Company will give oil and gas company ChornomorNaftoGaz a long-term loan of UAH200 million ($39.6 million) to develop the Odessa and Bezymyan offshore gas fields in the Black Sea, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.

KYIV, Sept 12 - Employers published 102,748 job offers in August, which is 10% more than a month earlier, the results of a regular labor market study were published by Work.ua on Monday.

KYIV, Sept 12 – WOG increased its share in the fuel market to 13-16% in 2023 compared to 8-9% in 2021, said group CEO Andriy Pyvovarsky.

"We thought that the figure in 2023 would be worse than it actually is. In 2023, compared to 2021, we increased our market share from 8-9% to 13-16%. There is such a figure because we cannot accurately assess the gray and black zones of the market,” he said in an interview with Forbes Ukraine.

KYIV, Sept 12 – Ukraine increased exports of agricultural products to 3.71 million tons in August 2023, which is 9.5%, or 322,000 tons higher than July figures, the information and analytical agency Ukragroconsult reported.

KYIV, Sept 12 - Ukrenergo, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management and the German company NOTUS Energy Invest Ukraine GmbH signed a memorandum of cooperation in the development of renewable energy projects in the 30-kilometer Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant zone.

KYIV, Sept 14 – McDonald's plans to develop a network of restaurants along highways, McDonald's Ukraine Development Director Vitaliy Stefurak said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Sept 14 – The Big Construction program and plans to increase the share of cement concrete roads in Ukraine give reason to hope for the growth of the cement industry, Director of the Ukrcement cement producers association Roman Skilsky said.