KIEV, July 5 - State-run enterprise Ukrecoresources is launching a plastic bottle recycling line with a capacity of 500 kilograms per hour in the settlement of Antonivtsi in Khmelnytsky region, which will produce A-class PET flakes.

KIEV, July 6 - Ukraine has pledged to ship 2-2.5 million tons of corn to China annually as part of its obligations on a $3 billion loan from the Export-Import Bank of China, Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk said in an interview with Den newspaper.

KIEV, July 6 - Parliament has adopted a law envisaging increased payments for gas production (including non-traditional) from a depth of up to 5km from 17% to 25% of its cost and for depths of over 5 km from 9% to 14% of cost.

KIEV, July 6 – The price of natural gas imported under contracts with the Russian Federation will drop to $417 per 1,000 cubic meters in Q4, from $426 in Q3 and $425 in Q2, Naftogaz Ukrayiny said.

"This decrease is driven by the decline in prices for oil on world markets.

KIEV, July 6 – The International Finance Corporation intends to realize projects worth $150 million to increase the efficient use of resources in Ukraine by 2015, Nadiya Riazanova, the advisor on the IFC program, said at a press conference on Tuesday.

KIEV, July 6 – Ukraine's international reserves expanded by 10.6%, or $2.818 billion, in June to $29.523 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine reported on Tuesday.

KIEV, July 6 -- Fitch Ratings has upgraded the Long-term Issuer Default ratings (IDRs) of eight Ukrainian banks to 'B' from 'B-'.

Fitch said the outlooks on the Long-term IDRs are stable. This follows the July 6 upgrade of Ukraine's Long-term foreign and local currency IDRs to 'B' from 'B-' with a Stable Outlook .

KIEV, July 8 – A threat of Ukraine's territory flooding in the Danube delta is being linked to hydroengineering work carried out in Romania to deepen and widen the river bed to improve transport communications, according to Ukrainian ecologists.

KIEV, July 8 – Top-priority investment projects on development of Ukrainian oil and gas extraction on shelf and continental territory will cost $842 million, the Fuel and Energy Ministry said on Wednesday.

KIEV, July 7 – Korsan Ltd., an arm of the Privat Group, paid UAH 2.1 billion to for buying a 18.296% stake Ukraine’s largest oil refinery Ukrtatnafta, Valeriy Korneliak, the head of Ukrtatnafta's legal department, said.