DNIPROPETROVSK, Aug. 11 - Ukrainian iron and steel plants intend to produce 36 million tons of pig iron in 2007, 11.1% more than the figure expected for this year, Deputy Industrial Policy Minister Vladimir Granovsky said.

KIEV, Aug. 11 ??“ Ukraine??™s Antimonopoly Committee cleared the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to buy more than 25% of Uksnab, a commercial refrigeration equipment maker, and Renaissance Life, a subsidiary of Russia's Renaissance Insurance.

KYIV, July 13 - The consequence of the war for the insurance industry was a sharp drop in market indicators and demand for almost all types of insurance, especially in the segment of individuals, CEO of the Insurance Business association Viacheslav Cherniakhovsky said.

KYIV, July 12 - Ukraine's investment attractiveness index in the first half of 2021 improved to 2.84 points out of the maximum 5 points, compared to 2.4 points in the second half of 2020, when it dropped unprecedentedly to the level of 2013, according to the poll of 91 CEO of companies, conducted as part of a study by the European Business Association (EBA) and Vasil Kisil & Partners law firm.

KYIV, July 12 - Dragon Capital has downgraded the forecast for Ukraine's GDP growth in 2021 from 5.3% in the February forecast to 4.6%, while it expects the rate of UAH 27.5/$1 at the end of this year and UAH 28/$1 - next year, head of the company Tomas Fiala has said.

KYIV, July 13 - The volumes of own sugar available in Ukraine will be enough to fully meet the needs of the domestic market before the beginning of the sugar beet processing season in September, to create stocks of this product it is enough to import and process no more than 100,000-120,000 tons of raw sugar.

KYIV, July 13 – DTEK has become the first company in Ukraine to join the Hydrogen Europe Association, which unites leaders in the field of hydrogen technology in Europe, the energy holding's press service said on July 11.

KYIV, July 13 – Ukraine increased natural gas imports to 70 million cubic meters (mcm) per day, which is the highest level since 2014 when natural gas was supplied from Russia, Head of the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine LLC (GTSOU) Serhiy Makogon said.

KYIV, July 13 – Ukraine’s producer prices in June decreased by 2%, while in May by 0.6% with an increase in April by 0.1%, in March by 1.8%, in February by 0.1%, in January by 2.5%, the State Statistics Service reported.

KYIV, July 12 – Ukraine’s largest coal producer DTEK Energy plans to increase production of coal in Ukraine by 5-7% in 2018 compared to 2017, 24-24.6 million tons, The company's CEO Dmytro Sakharuk told journalists.