DNIPROPETROVSK, Jan. 12 – Ukrainian metal companies cut cast iron production by 1.9% in December, steel output by 4.1% and rolled steel output by 3.1% compared to November due to a continuous fall in demand for metal products on the global and domestic markets, the Dnipropetrovsk-based Metallurgprom association announced at a meeting representatives of the mining and metal complex in Dnipropetrovsk.

KIEV, Jan. 10 – Coal mines in Ukraine upped coal production by 8.9% (6.693 million tons) in 2011 to 81.859 million tons, the Energy and Coal Ministry reported.

The ministry said that production of energy coal went up by 11.4% to 57 million tons while coking coal output grew by 3.7% to 24.859 million tons.

KIEV, Jan. 11 – Ukraine has postponed the switch to Euro 4 and Euro 5 standards for gasoline and diesel fuel until July, a source in the government has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 11 - Ukraine's Naftogaz has transferred $1.004 billion to Russian gas major Gazprom for the natural gas it imported in December 2011, Naftogaz said in a statement on Wednesday.

KIEV, Jan. 11 - More than UAH 1.3 billion will be attracted to the national budget after the coming into force of law No. 4235-VI on amending the Tax Code of Ukraine concerning the revision of certain tax and fee rates, according to the State Tax Service.

DNIPROPETROVSK, Jan. 12 – Ukrainian metal companies in 2011 will see pretax losses from operations of around UAH 3 billion.

The forecast, which is based on the pace of operations of metal companies in the 11 months ending November 2011, was presented by Metallurgprom Director General Vasyl Kharakhulakh at a meeting of representatives of the mining and metal complex of the country in Dnipropetrovsk on Wednesday.

KIEV, Jan. 10 – Sales of new passenger cars in Ukraine in 2010 came to 162,595, which is 0.2% up on 2009, reads a posting on the AUTO-Consulting's Web site.

KIEV, Jan. 11 – Ukraine has exported 6.7 million tons of grain since the beginning of this marketing year (MY, July 2010 – June 2011) as of early January, including 1.5 million tons as part of export quotas, representative of the Ukrainian Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry Oleksandr Demydov has reported.

KIEV, Jan. 11 – The Antimonopoly Committee continues investigating fuel importer Livela's (Poltava region) abuse of monopoly, despite the fact that Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine retained tax benefits for the company.

KIEV, Jan. 11 – Shareholders in Simferopol-based Chornomornaftogaz at an extraordinary general meeting on January 21 plan to consider increasing the company's statutory fund 27.6-fold or by UAH 10 billion, to UAH 10.377 billion.