MINSK, Aug 8 – Belarus in 2017 intends to export up to 400,000 tons of cement to Ukraine in 2017, and boost supplies to 1 million tons in 2018, Belarusian Architecture and Construction Minister Anatoly Cherny said at a press conference in Minsk on Monday.

KYIV, Aug 7 - Ukraine has increased gas inventories in underground storage 65.7% since the end of the heating season, according to operational data from Ukrtransgaz.

KYIV, Aug 7 - Ukraine in January-July 2017 imported 9.458 million tons of coal and anthracite for a total of $1.472 billion, according to the State Fiscal Service. Imports in July worth $213.644 million.

KYIV, Aug 7 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny in July started importing gas through its Swiss subsidiary Naftogaz Trading Europe S.A., or NGTE, according to OilNews, with reference to data from A-95 Consulting Group.

KYIV, Aug 7 - The international reserves of Ukraine by the beginning of August stood at $17.795 billion, which is 1% less than a month earlier, according to the relevant preliminary data posted by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on its website.

KIEV, Aug. 8 – International geological companies Gerald Metals from Switzerland and Commodity Minerals from Australia intend to open offices in Ukraine, Ukraine's State Service for Geology and Deposits reported.

KIEV, Aug. 8 – Kiev's Pechersky district court on July 29 approved four rulings that arrest some accounts in the Cypriot branch of the largest bank in Ukraine – PrivatBank (Dnipro) – as part of an investigation into embezzlement of UAH 19 billion of refinancing funds issued by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

PUTRAJAYA, Aug. 5 – Malaysian companies could take part in managing Ukrainian airports, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said after negotiations with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

KIEV, Aug. 8 – Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers in September intends to launch an investment support office with financial backing by equity funds managed by Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF, created in 1994 with seed capital of $150 million paid by the U.S. government), Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman has said.

KIEV, Aug. 8 – Operations of the coordination council for agricultural issues under auspice of Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers should be resumed, the Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA) has said.