KIEV, July 9 - Ukraine's international reserves, which shrank in 2011 from $34.6 billion to $31.8 billion, could fall to $24.4 billion at the end of 2012, the International Monetary Fund said.

KIEV, July 9 – Ukraine is in talks with Japanese and Turkish companies over construction of $800 million liquefied natural gas terminal that may greatly reduce dependence on Russian gas imports, the Energy and Fuel Ministry reported.

KIEV, July 8 - Fevamotinico S.a.r.L (Luxemburg), which owns 51% of the ore-mining company Ferrexpo plc, a company with assets in Ukraine, is to buy about 9.8% of Toledo Mining plc.

KIEV, July 8 – The National Bank of Ukraine has drawn up draft amendments to the banking license issue procedure, under which the banks will be obliged to secure a separate permit for forex operations on the cash market.

LVIV, July 8 – A $50 million equity deal on support from the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development for Galnaftogaz Concern's operation and growth
strategy was signed in Lviv on Wednesday.

KIEV, July 9 – The sales of new cars in Ukraine in June 2009 fell by 78% year-over-year, to 11,200 cars, the AUTO-Consulting information and analytical group has reported.

According to the group's experts, the car market will not reach the previous indicators. And it is worth expecting further sales falling.

KIEV, July 8 - Commerzbank AG (Germany) has granted a EUR36.5 million ($56.7 million) credit to Crimea TITAN (Armiansk, Crimea), according to Sayenko Kharenko company, which was the bank's advisor.

KIEV, July 8 – Energy Strategies and Bio Technologies (ESBT), realizing a project to produce and sell BIO-100 fuel, is intending to complete the construction of a biofuel plant in Chernivtsi region, ESBT executive director Mykhailo Labutyn said.

KIEV, July 8 - The Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) plans to approve the contractor to build terminal D at Boryspil international airport state company in two weeks, said Mykola Muzyka, deputy director of the airport for construction and development.

KIEV, July 9 – Ukrsotsbank is to issue UAH269 million to KDD Group N.V. (the Netherlands), a holding company of one of the largest Ukrainian developing and real estate investment groups, Kiev-Donbas, to build the PecherSKY housing complex near the Druzhby Narodiv subway station in the Pechersk District of Kiev, according to a company report on the AIM LSE.