KIEV, Dec. 7 – Ukraine’s Industrial Union of Donbass (has implemented an agreement reached previously to sell Poland's Alchemia SA a pipe-making plant that was part of ISD Huta Czestochowa Sp. z o.o.

ISD Vice President Oleksandr Pylypenko told Interfax that the sale is complete.

KIEV, Dec. 7 - Industrial producers' prices in Ukraine slid by 0.3% in November, while they posted a 17.6% rise since early 2010, the State Statistics Committee reported.

MOSCOW, Dec. 8 - The negative outlook for Ukraine's banking system principally reflects the very high level of non-performing loans (NPLs) that are unlikely to decline substantially in the near term, and the banks' subdued profitability, Moody's Investors Service said in its new Banking System Outlook on Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 8 – The growth of Ukraine's GDP will continue improving in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to Ihor Shumylo, acting director for economic issues at the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 8 - Industrial producer prices in Ukraine grew by 0.4% in November, compared to a 1.9% rise in October, according to the State Statistics Committee.

KIEV, Dec. 8 – Acting Finance Minister Ihor Umansky has signed a letter of guarantee that certain weapon contracts will realized with Iraq, Dzerkalo Tyzhnia reported, referring to a source in the cabinet.

KIEV, Dec. 7 – GlaxoSmithKline has launched a social initiative in Ukraine aimed at ensuring the maximum availability of vaccines to prevent cervical cancer.

"GlaxoSmithKline is launching a global social initiative in Ukraine. It foresees that we'll make our vaccines on preventing the development of cervical cancer as available as possible.

KIEV, Dec. 7 – Kiev-based TNK-BP Commerce Ltd. estimates the total investment into the upgrade of Lysychansk oil refinery (LINIK, Luhansk region) to transfer to Euro 4 standard gasoline and diesel fuel full production at $80-90 million.

KIEV, Dec. 7 – AeroSvit air carrier (Kiev) has joined the growing list of Ukrainian companies seeking to restructure debt.

AeroSvit supervisory council co-chairman Hryhoriy Hurtovy told Kommersant-Ukraine that the company is hoping to agree with creditors on a debt restructuring, but plans to partially pay the debt back on account of a $30 million credit issued by the owners of a 52% stake in the company.

KIEV, Dec. 7 - Zorya-Mashproekt (Mykolaiv) has started fulfilling an order for the production and supply of energy equipment for an electric power plant being constructed in the Republic of Ghana.