KIEV, March 27 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 2017 plans to invest EUR 150-200 million in Ukrainian agriculture, the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry reported.

KIEV, March 27 – DTEK energy holding will send official notifications to 32 companies warning them of not buying coal made by the group's divisions located on the temporarily uncontrolled territory, DTEK CEO Maksym Timchenko said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, March 27 – Ukraine and Moldova plan to apply to the European Commission within one month with a proposal to analyze Ukraine's plans to build new hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) on the Dniester River, Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip said.

KIEV, March 28 – Yuzhniy seaport (Odessa region) plans in 2017 to launch a project to develop a terminal for transshipment of imported coal for energy and coking and increase the volume of iron ore transshipment.

KIEV, March 25 – Ukrainian steel companies in 2016 could increase steel smelting by 15% compared to 2015, to 26.5 million tons if the ongoing production pace is kept.

KIEV, March 24 - Ukraine in January-February increased electricity exports by 42.2% compared to the same period in 2015, to 708.637 million kWh, a source in the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, March 24 – The Ukrainian government has finished a document on a EUR 400 million credit from the European Investment Bank for ratification by parliament. The credit will provided for projects in the agricultural sector, Deputy Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Vladyslava Rutytska said in Kiev on Thursday.

KIEV, March 24 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has met with businessman Rinat Akhmetov as part of the monitoring of large corporations' performance, and a reduction in forex receipts by Akhmetov's companies was on the agenda of the meeting, according to Yatseniuk's press secretary Olha Lappo.

KIEV, March 25 – The International Monetary Fund is waiting for the Cabinet of Ministers to approve the price of gas extracted by Ukrgazvydobuvannia that will be sold to households for generate heat, a source in the Ukrainian government has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, March 26 – Ukraine plans to raise a loan of around $320 million (UAH 2.72 billion) under state guarantees in 2013 for the implementation of a joint project with Brazil to build the Cyclone-4 space rocket complex at the Alcantara Launch Center in Brazil.