KIEV, Dec. 5 – The currency inflow to Ukraine from January to November 2011 came to some $14 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine announced.

"Since the start of the year, almost $14 billion has been sent to Ukraine. Even today, when the economic situation in the world is difficult, we have an inflow of currency," said NBU Governor Serhiy Arbuzov.

KIEV, Dec. 6 - Electricity consumption in Ukraine in January-November, taking into account losses from electricity transmission, grew by 2.7%, or by 4.516 billion kilowatt-hours year-on-year, to 169.939 billion kilowatt-hours, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry reported.

KIEV, Dec. 6 – The share of Ukrainian mines under control of DTEK will reach around 45% after Rovenkiantracit and Sverdlovantracit's property joins the holding.

PARIS, Dec. 6 – Transmashholding is not satisfied with the fact that Ukraine is not in a hurry to refund value added tax for exports of products made by its subsidiary – Luhanskteplovoz.

KIEV, Dec. 6 – Kherson Regional Administration believes it necessary for an investor to be attracted against government guarantees to complete the renovation of CJSC Kherson oil refinery and put it into operation, reads a statement by Regional Governor Mykola Kostiak addressing Ukrainian Economy Minister Vasyl Tsushko.

KIEV, Dec. 3 – Ukrtransgaz, a subsidiary of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, expects to cut consumption of technological gas by 13.5% or by 500 million cubic meters in 2010 by replacing gas-powered turbines with electric gas pumps.

KIEV, Dec. 3 – EVRA Ltd. (Yevpatoria) is intending to construct two wind power plants with a total generating capacity of 399 MW in Crimea, company head Viacheslav Vdovin told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 6 – Metinvest Mining and Metals Holding starting in November included Mariupol Illich Iron & Steel Works (Donetsk region), a 74.6455% stake in which was bought by Metinvest B.V., in its report, which resulted in a sharp increase in the metal production data of the group.

KIEV, Dec. 3 - Electricity generation by EnergoAtom nuclear plants fell by a preliminary 8.3% or 6.859 billion kWh year-over-year in January-November, to 75.44 billion kWh, EnergoAtom announced.

In the 22 months, the electricity generation target was over-fulfilled by 1.3%.

KIEV, Dec. 4 – Information transparency at Ukrainian banks grew in 2009, despite there being a fall in incentives for transparency, according to a survey conducted by the Financial Initiatives Agency jointly with the corporate management rating service of Standard & Poor's with the support of Capital Markets Development USAID project.