KIEV, Feb. 5 - Ukraine's steel industry reduced finished roll output 1% year-on-year in January to 3.056 million tons, the Industrial Policy Ministry told Interfax.

KIEV, Feb. 5 – The leadership of Donetsk’s Industrial Union of Donbas is to meet on Feb. 11 in Brussels with representatives of the European Commission to discuss the commission's demand for the return of 750 million zloty ($311 million) of state aid by IUD daughter company ISD Polska, which was granted in 2004 by the Polish Real Estate Department to Poland's Stocznia Gdansk S.A. shipyard, in which ISD Polska has a stake.

KIEV, Feb. 6 ??“ Ukraine, Russia and Hungary created a trilateral commission to conduct a feasibility study on a project to build a major logistics center in Hungary and a railway line, the Transport and Communications Ministry reported.

KIEV, Feb. 6 ??“ A large international brewer, such as Heineken or SABmiller, is likely to arrive on the Ukrainian beer market through acquisition later this year that would boost competition, industry executives said.

KIEV, Feb. 6 ??“ Ukraine??™s Motor Sich, the largest producer of aircraft engines in the former Soviet Union, boosted profits by 31.4% to UAH 64.9 million in 2006 on growing sales in Russia, the company reported.

KIEV, Feb. 5 ??“ Minsk Tractor Plant (Belarus) in 2007 is to supply 4,200 MTZ tractor assembly kits to Kiev-based Ukravtozapchastyna production and trading holding, a news agency reported Tuesday.

MOSCOW, Feb. 5 - The Russian Economic Development and Trade Ministry could impose anti-dumping duties of between 7% and 25% on Ukrainian ferromanganese imports, a ministry source told Interfax.

KIEV, Feb. 5 ??“ Ukrsotsbank, Ukraine??™s No. 6 bank that is being acquired by Italy??™s Banca Intesa for $1.16 billion, said it plans to boost a chain of self-service centers to lure more customers.

KIEV, Feb. 6 ??“ The Ukrainian High Technologies Ltd., an operator of a WiMAX-based wireless broadband access operator to the Internet in the country, may attract about $100 mln in investments, the company said.

MOSCOW, Feb. 6 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Feb. 3 assigned a 'B-' long-term corporate credit rating to Ukraine-based Azovstal, S&P reported on Friday. The outlook is positive, S&P said in a press release.