MINSK, Nov. 8 - Belarus is considering joining a project to extend the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline to Gdansk and integrate it into the Druzhba pipeline system, a source at Belneftekhim told Interfax.

KIEV, Nov. 8 - Ukrainian banks saw a profit of UAH5.6 billion in January through October, 51.4% more than the same period last year, the National Bank of Ukraine said Thursday, citing preliminary data.

KIEV, Nov. 9 - Ukraine's Agriculture Ministry does not rule out the possibility of extending grain export quotas until the end of this marketing year, which runs to the end of June 2008, and increasing the quota, said First Deputy Minister Borys Supikhanov.

KIEV, Nov. 9 - In the next couple of years, obligatory statutory capital of Ukrainian banks may grow two or three times, head of the National Bank of Ukraine Council Petro Poroshenko told journalists in Kiev.

KIEV, Nov. 9 - The issue of how much Ukraine will pay for Russian natural gas after 2010, when an agreement on relations in the gas sphere that was signed on Jan. 4, 2006 expires, was the main unresolved issue at talks held in Moscow on Thursday between Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller a source in the Ukrainian delegation told Interfax.

KIEV, Nov. 9 - Ukraine’s oil shipment monopoly UkrTransNafta will seek to increase tariffs it charges Russian oil supply monopoly Transneft for transit of oil via Ukrainian pipelines to Europe, an official said.

KYIV, Oct 11 – ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region), the largest mining and metallurgical enterprise in Ukraine, announced a decision on Monday to limit electricity consumption by the most energy-intensive equipment and temporarily reduce current production.

KYIV, Oct 11 – Ferrexpo mining company with assets in Ukraine has suspended production at its facilities in Poltava region due to damage to the state power infrastructure by Russian shelling on Monday, October 10.

KYIV, Oct 11 – Ukrenergo, together with regional power distribution companies, managed to restore power supply to almost the entire territory of Ukraine, which was subjected to an unprecedented attack by Russian troops on the energy infrastructure on October 10, the company said.

KYIV, Oct 11 – Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant is shutting down five furnaces due to a decrease in demand for ferroalloys and another jump in electricity tariffs since the beginning of October this year.