KIEV, Jan. 13 – Ukraine's Finance Ministry late in 2009 securitized the remaining sum of the Cabinet of Ministers' debt owed to the National Bank of Ukraine into government domestic loan bonds, which will be then transferred to the central bank, the NBU said in a statement.

KIEV, Jan. 11 - Most Ukrainian mining companies reduced iron ore production significantly in 2009, while some majors posted increases.

Poltava Mining, the core asset of the London-listed Ferrexpo plc, cut commercial pellet production tentatively 3% to 8.767 million tons, including 772,500 tons in December, the company said in a press release.

KIEV, Jan. 12 - Ukrenergo has announced an auction for access to Ukrainian interstate power lines to make electricity exports for the period from February 1 to February 28.

KIEV, Jan. 12 - Electricity generation by EnergoAtom fell by a preliminary 7.7% or 6.963 billion kWh in 2009, to 83.155 billion kWh, EnergoAtom announced.

Last year the electricity generation target was over-fulfilled by 1.1%.

KIEV, Jan. 13 – Ukraine's commercial banks, taking into account signs of the stabilization of the monetary and credit market, have cut rates on their active transactions, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 11 - Ukraine ranked fifth on the world market of space launch services in 2007, accounting 7.4% of all launches.

KIEV, Jan. 11 - Ukraine’s transit of Russian natural gas to Europe decreased 1.5% to 112.1 billion cubic meters in 2007, down from 113.8 billion cu m in 2006, an energy and fuel ministry official said Friday.

KIEV, Jan. 10 - Ukrainian steelmakers saw better results in 2007 due to an increase in the transparency of their managing structures, a rise in production and increases in the world price of steel, according to a review by Kiev-based Dragon Capital.

KIEV, Jan. 10 - Bogdan Corporation, one of the largest Ukrainian carmakers, says it will not increase the prices of Hyundais produced at the Bogdan Car Plant in Lutsk, despite the expiration of a law intended to stimulate the auto industry by excluding VAT from prices.

KIEV, Jan. 10 - Fitch Ratings on Jan. 10 announced it upgraded Naftogaz Ukrainy’s senior unsecured rating to 'BB-' from 'B+' and removed it from Rating Watch Negative (RWN).