KIEV, June 8 ??“ Simferopol-based Krymenergo, the electricity supply company, plans in late November plans to sign an agreement on a $150 million credit for an upgrade of power transmission lines in Crimea with the European bank for the Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Krymenergo Chairman and Director General Hryhoriy Hruba said.

KYIV, May 10 – Swiss Nestle, the largest manufacturer of food and non-alcoholic beverages in the world, has started the announced construction of an enterprise for the production of pasta and other food products in the village of Smolyhiv, Torchyn community, Volyn region, the investment in which was previously estimated at CHF 40 million (almost $45 million), according to business.rayon publication.

KYIV, May 11 – The price of purchase and sale of farmland in Ukraine in January-April 2023 grew by an average of 20%, since the beginning of the year, there have been 13,000 such transactions, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy for Digitalization Denys Bashlyk said at a press conference.

KYIV, May 11 – Some 1,500 employees remain at the Zaporizhia NPP who refused to sign contracts with the fake JSC Zaporozhye NPP Operating Organization and are waiting for the arrival of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to continue working at the plant after its de-occupation with the Ukrainian leadership.

KYIV, May 10 - Ukraine, in preparation for the upcoming heating season, must revise regulations for the use of gas in centralized heating in order to reduce its consumption to the level of own production, Andriy Kobolev, the former head of Naftogaz, believes.

KYIV, May 10 - The weighted average rate on term deposits in hryvnia in April decreased by 0.9 percentage points (p.p.) - from 7.8% to 6.9% per annum, which is a record low level in the history of Ukraine, the National Bank of Ukraine said on its website.

KYIV, May 11 – Ukraine is increasing the capacity for agricultural exports across its western border and improving rail and road logistics, as well as seeking ways to unblock our maritime trade along with its international partners, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

KYIV, May 11 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny, which notified Gazprom of the impossibility of further transit through the territories occupied by the Russian Federation and offered it to change its entry point, expects Gazprom to continue paying for any decision, Head of NJSC Naftogaz Ukrayiny Yuriy Vitrenko has said.

KYIV, May 11 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has postponed the issue of eurobonds due to market conditions, but intends to be ready for their placement in September 2021, Naftogaz Head Yuriy Vitrenko said.

KYIV, May 11 – The Black Iron Canadian mining company will use $75 million financing from Cargill to build an iron ore plant in Kryviy Rih and ship the first 4 million metric tons to the U.S. commodity trader, the companies said Monday.