KIEV, July 26 – Kyivavtodor is planning by August 24 (Ukrainian Independence Day) to finish the construction of the first stage of the transport hubs near the Dnipro subway station and from Nauky Avenue to Stolychne Shose.

KIEV, July 26 – State-run arms export and import company Ukrspecexport doubled revenues from sales year-over-year in H1, to UAH 1.14 billion.

As the company said in the information disclosure system of the State Commission on Securities and the Stock Market, its net revenues in the first half soared by six times, to UAH 172.74 million, while its net profit amounted to UAH 4.55 million, compared to a net loss of UAH 3.32 million UAH in the first half of 2010.

KIEV, July 26 – The adoption of the draft law on the land market now registered in Parliament could attract big investments to rural areas, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.

KIEV, July 27 – The deficit of Ukraine's national budget fell by UAH 16.1 billion year-over-year in H1, to UAH 10.4 billion, according to the Finance Ministry.

KIEV, July 27 – Canadian-based Secova Metals Corp. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a private group to acquire up to a 90% interest in the Sergeevske gold deposit in Dnipropetrovsk region.

KIEV, July 28 – One of the world's largest chemical companies, DuPont (the United States) plans to establish cooperation and invest into budget-sustained enterprise Zaporizhia Titanium and Magnesium Mill (ZTMK), which is under the management of the Ukrainian Industry Ministry.

KIEV, July 28 - Ukraine is making progress with a project that anticipates building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Black Sea to diversify its energy imports, Energy and Fuel Minister Yuriy Boyko said.

KIEV, July 26 – Ukraine could export no more than 18.5 million tons of grain in the current marketing year (July 2010 through June 2011), experts from the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation have forecast.

KIEV, July 27 – The customs clearance of 11 billion cubic meters of gas (bcm) belonging to Swiss-based RosUkrEnergo in favor of national JSC Naftogaz Ukrayiny in February 2010 was done in violation of laws, says Ukraine's State Customs Service.

KIEV, July 27 – Ukraine and the U.S. will soon continue the dialogue on a new format of cooperation in a program to dispose of solid fuel from SS-24 intercontinental ballistic missiles at Pavlohrad Chemical Plant (Dnipropetrovsk region).