KIEV, July 13 – Ukraine’s natural gas prices for households will increase by 50% starting August 1, the government announced on Tuesday as it raced to meet demands from the International Monetary Fund for a $14.9 billion loan.

KIEV, July 12 – Moody's Investors Service has supported a recommendation by the National Bank of Ukraine, based on the results of financial stress tests, that Ukrainian banks conduct additional capitalization worth UAH 40 billion.

KIEV, July 12 – Fitch Ratings says rising raw material prices and VAT tax refund-related liquidity concerns are exposing longstanding structural weaknesses in the Ukrainian steel industry, and this could ultimately lead to a consolidation of producers.

KIEV, July 10 – The fall in grain prices in Ukraine that gained speed as newly harvested grain started to be shipped will slow only after the active phase of the harvesting campaign is over, say experts of the Ukrainian Club of Agrarian Business (UCAB).

KIEV, July 10 – Agreements on restructuring part of the debts to foreign creditors of Ukrgasbank and Rodovid Bank could be concluded by the end of July, Ukraine's Finance Ministry has reported.

KIEV, July 10 - The combined assets held by banks in Ukraine increased 16.7% in the first half of 2008 to UAH722.6 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

Highly liquid assets made up 9.2% of the total, loan operations - 80.2% and investment in securities - 4%.

KIEV, July 10 – The leadership of the National Nuclear Generating Company EnergoAtom, the operator of Ukraine's nuclear power plants, and representatives of U.S. Morgan Stanley Bank have discussed cooperation prospects, EnergoAtom reported.

KIEV, July 10 - Ukraine's major oil extracting company, UkrNafta, in January to June cut oil and gas condensate extraction by 2.3% or 35,800 tons year-over-year, to 1.537 million tons.

KIEV, July 11 – Around 2,000 workers of the Kremikovtzi steel mill, the largest mill in Bulgaria, have blocked the entrance of the mill's head office and demanded that the Indian leadership of the mill to start cooperation with Ukrainian businessman Kostiantyn Zhevaho, according to the Bulgarian mass media.

DNIPROPETROVSK, July 13 - Kuwait and Jordan will demand certification of imported Ukrainian steel products for radiation safety, Deputy Industrial Policy Minister Vladimir Hranovsky said Wednesday at a meeting of Ukrainian mining and metals companies.