WARSAW, Nov. 7 - Ukrainian Automobile Corporation, or UkrAuto, and General Motors Corp. (GM) plan to set up a joint venture at the Polish plant Fabryk? Samochodow Osobowych (FSO), an UkrAuto owner said Tuesday.

KIEV, Nov. 6 - The Ukrainian population purchased $458.4 million more foreign currency than it sold in October, while in September the public purchased $196.2 million more, the National Bank of Ukraine said in a posting on its official Web site last week.

KIEV, Nov. 6 - Ukrainian steel mills obtained licenses to ship 963,126 tons, or 90.44% of the country's 2006 quota of nearly 1.065 million tons, of rolled steel to the European Union in January-October 2006, the Ukrainian Economy Ministry has said.

KIEV, Nov. 6 ??“ Dnipropetrovsk-based Petrovsky steel mill has filed a claim in Dnipropetrovsk region's economic court asking it to order UkrGaz-Energo to honor a gas-supply agreement.

KIEV, Nov. 6 ??“ Ukraine will export arms and military technical services worth between $650 million and $700 million in 2006, according to a forecast by the Center of Research for the Army, Military Conversion, and Disarmament.

KIEV, Nov. 7 - Transit of natural gas through Ukraine in January-October fell 5.9%, or 6.6 billion cubic meters, year-on-year to 106 billion cubic meters, UkrTransGaz said.

KIEV, Nov. 7 ??“ The Southern Mining and Dressing Mill (Kryvy Rih), is on the verge of shutting down following a UkrGaz-Energo refusal to supply it with natural gas, the company said on Nov. 6.

KIEV, Nov. 7 - Mittal Steel, the world??™s largest steel producer , plans to deeply overhaul the Kryvorizhstal steel mill in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, which it bought at a government tender for $4.8 bln.

KIEV, Nov. 7 ??“ The world's largest foods producer, Nestle, from January through September increased confectionery sales in Ukraine by 28% year-on-year, to UAH360 mln.

KYIV, Oct 7 – DTEK Renewables Holding reported a consolidated net profit of UAH 1.397 billion in the first half of 2024, a staggering 7.1 times increase from UAH 179 million in the same period of 2023. According to the company's stock exchange report, consolidated revenue rose by 67.9%, reaching UAH 3.001 billion, while gross profit more than doubled to UAH 2.867 billion, up from UAH 1.220 billion in H1 2023.