KYIV, July 10 – Ukraine's Accounting Chamber during the second half of 2018 will audit $46.3 million in bonuses awarded to Naftogaz employees for their contribution to winning a court case with the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom at the Stockholm arbitration court.

KYIV, July 11 – Ukraine's Ministry of Economic Development and Trade forecasts an increase by 18% in the marginal retail gas prices for households in 2018 (December 2018 over December 2017), which is mentioned in a draft government resolution on the forecast of social and economic development for 2019-2021.

KYIV, July 11 - Ukraine saw a 0.9% rise in imports of aluminum ore and concentrate (bauxites) in natural terms in January-June 2018 year-on-year, to 2.298 million tons.

KYIV, July 11 - Ukraine in January-June increased exports of ferroalloys in natural terms by 3.8% compared to the same period last year, to 471,551 tons.

KYIV, July 11 – The growth of Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019 will slow to 3% from 3.2% in 2018, but then it will accelerate to 3.8% in 2020 and 4.1% in 2021, such a base-case scenario is proposed by Ukraine's Ministry of Economic Development and Trade for approval by the government.

KIEV, July 10 - Ukraine increased natural gas stocks in its underground storage facilities by 47.3% since March and are now at a “comfortable” level, a senior official said.

KIEV, July 10 - President Petro Poroshenko has vetoed bill No. 6382 on extension of the export duty on scrap ferrous metal that had defied Ukraine’s commitment to the World Trade Organization.

KIEV, July 10 – Ukraine’s industrial and manufacturing prices dropped 0.6% on month in June, led by a drop in prices of metal ore and oil, the State Statistics Service said Monday. The prices fell 1.3% on the month in May.

KIEV, July 10 - ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine’s biggest steel mill owned by the world’s largest steel producer, on Monday complained that local authorities have doubled taxes on land use for the company.

KIEV, July 10 – Ukraine’s largest natural gas producer said Monday the company’s ambitious shale gas output plans are in jeopardy after prosecutors have raided the offices and allege price collusion.