KRAKOW, June 13 ??“ Ukraine may boost exports of steel to the European Union by about 87% after the country joins the World Trade Organization, a newswire reported Tuesday citing an industry analyst.

KIEV, June 10 -- The Industrial Union of Donbass Corporation and Duferco of Switzerland have agreed on setting up a joint venture for the production of steel in Ukraine and Italy, the IUD reported in a press release carried by Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, June 13 ??“ Nine blast furnaces have been stopped at Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises, at Makeyevka Metallurgical Works, Azovstal, Zaporizhstal, Dniprovsky Dzerzhynsky Metallurgical Mill, due to a reduction in demand for metal products and the worsened situation on foreign markets, Deputy Industry Minister Serhiy Hryschenko said at a June 10 meeting on metal scrap collection.

KYIV, May 13 – Demand for charging stations and other alternative power sources in Foxtrot chain has tripled since the beginning of 2024, the retailer's press service told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, May 13 – NNEGC Energoatom and Korean Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd. (HDEC) signed a memorandum of cooperation on the design, construction and commissioning of new nuclear power plant units in Ukraine.

KYIV, May 13 – Kryvy Rih Mining and Metallurgical Plant PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region) in January 2024 launched blast furnace No. 6 after a major overhaul and increased steel production by 90% year-over-year, to 163,000 tons, rolled products by 95%, to 152,000 tons.

KYIV, May 13 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in its May report, has released for the first time a forecast of grain harvest in Ukraine for 2024: 21 million tons of wheat and 32.97 million tons of feed grains, including 27 million tons of corn.

KYIV, May 13 – The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a bill with amendments to the Tax Code, which proposes the indexation of certain tax rates, such as fees for the use of water, forests and the environmental tax, as well as an increase in royalties for mining, raising the efficiency of the excise tax.

KYIV, May 13 – Ukraine and France have signed four framework agreements that call for EUR 1.3 billion in financial support that will be mostly used to buy equipment and technology from France.

KYIV, May 12 – Formed oligarchic groups, through their "proper" staff, incorporated into the government, privatized sectors of the domestic economy: gas, chemical, energy, oil refining – and "extended their tentacles" to the lucrative agricultural sector, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov said.