KIEV, Sept. 11 ??“ Zasyadko coalmine in Donetsk region has sold to Austria and Japan carbon dioxide emission quotas worth ?2.5 million under the terms of the Kyoto protocol, Coal Minister Serhiy Tulub announced.

KIEV, Sept. 11 ??“ The European Commission could increase its 2006 quota for Ukrainian-produced steel exported to the European Union by 52,000 tons, or 4.9%, the Economy Ministry said.

LIMASSOL, Sept. 9 - Moody's Investors Service has assigned a rating of Ba2 to Loan Participation Notes to be issued on a limited recourse basis by Credit Suisse First Boston International for the sole purpose of funding a loan to Ukreximbank.

KIEV, Sept. 9 - Naftokhimik Prukarpattia, an oil refinery controlled by the same group of investors that own almost half of Ukraine's largest oil producer, announced plans for a major upgrade.

KYIV, Aug 7 – Ukraine has tested Lithuanian drones, and five Lithuanian companies will be invited to sign contracts; Lithuania will support Ukraine with Lithuanian drones for EUR 5 million.

KYIV, Aug 10 – Money supply (aggregate M3) in Ukraine after growing by 2.6% in June in July added another 2.2%, or UAH 59.5 billion, and reached UAH 2.788 trillion, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has reported.

According to the data on its website, the growth of deposits in July slowed down to 2.3% from 2.8% in June and was again provided mainly by hryvnia deposits, which, after increasing by 3.7% in June, increased by 3%, or UAH 45.7 billion in July, to UAH 1.42 trillion.

KYIV, Aug 10 – The State Property Fund (SPF) of Ukraine points out the impossibility of supplying titanium ore to the aggressor country by PJSC United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC), under whose management the Vilnohirsk Mining and Metallurgical Combine (Dnipropetrovsk Region) and the Irshansk Mining and Processing Plant (Zhytomyr region) were transferred, due to strict verification of contracts at different levels.

KYIV, Aug 10 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed a loan agreement for EUR 60 million with the state-owned PrivatBank and agreed to take up to 50% of the credit risk on newly issued loans to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) of PrivatBank (Kyiv) for a total amount of up to EUR 240 million.

KYIV, Aug 10 - Exports of Ukrainian agri-food products in January-June 2022 amounted to $10.11 billion, which is 7% less than in January-June 2021, according to the website of the Institute of Agrarian Economics (IAE).

KYIV, Aug 10 – S&P lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Ukrzaliznytsia to 'CCC-' from 'CCC', the agency said on its website.

"We lowered our long-term issuer credit rating on Ukrzaliznytsia to 'CCC-' from 'CCC'. We removed all ratings from CreditWatch with negative implications, where we placed them on June 1, 2022," it said.