KIEV, July 10 – China is ready to provide another $3.5-4 billion as a part of cooperation with public joint-stock company State Food-Grain Corporation.

"At present, a delegation from China is working now, which yesterday and a day before yesterday held negotiations in the Economic Development and Trade Ministry, the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry and the State Food-Grain Corporation.

KIEV, July 10 – A mission from the International Monetary Fund in Ukraine on the first revision of the $17 billion stand-by loan program, headed by Nikolay Gueorguiev, will work in Kiev until the end of the week, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry reported.

KIEV, July 8 – The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a bill aimed at reforming the Ukravtodor state motor roads agency, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Kozak reported.

KIEV, July 8 – Coal mines managed by the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry lost UAH 7.237 billion from coal extraction in H1, up 38.1% up from the same period in 2012.

KIEV, July 9 – South Korea is satisfied with the level of cooperation with Ukraine in the space sector and is looking forward the launch of the Ukrainian-Russian Dnepr LV with a Korean satellite scheduled for August, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Ukraine Kim Eun Joong said.

KIEV, July 9 – KONTI Group, one of the largest confectionary producers in Ukraine, has been put up for sale, reads a posting on the Forbes-Ukraine portal.

KIEV, July 9 – The net assets of MAKO Group, Oleksandr Yanukovych, the eldest son of Ukraine's president, nearly doubled in 2012, to UAH 970 million, according to the group's combined reporting under international financial reporting standards, which was audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

KIEV, July 10 – One of two operating refineries in Ukraine reduced output to a minimum after the government introduced higher gasoline and diesel fuel quality standards earlier this month.

KIEV, July 10 – The agenda of a meeting of the Council for Trade in Goods of the World Trade Organization scheduled for July 11 has three items containing claims of other countries against Ukraine.

KIEV, July 9 - The grain harvest in Ukraine this year will be 45.3 million tons, according to the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry.

"According to preliminary data from the regions on July 2 the production of grain and leguminous crops in the current year is expected to reach 45.3 million tons," the ministry said on Monday.