KIEV, Nov. 4 – A gradual rise in construction volumes may be seen in Ukraine from March 2009, according to Ukrainian Regional Development and Construction Minister Vasyl Kuybida.

KIEV, Nov. 4 – The resumption of stable operations at Zaporizhia Aluminum Combine (ZALK), the country's only aluminum smelter, is impossible in the present conditions without settling the issue of the differentiated tariff for electricity for the company, and also depends on the situation on the international aluminum market, its director general, Oleksandr Kotiuk, told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Nov. 5 - Arcelor Mittal Kriviy Rih (formerly Kryvorizhstal), Ukraine's biggest steel producer, reduced roll production by a preliminary 18.8% year-on-year to 4.812 million tons in January-October, the company told Interfax.

Crude steel production fell 15.3% to 4.812 million tons, pig iron - 13.9% to 5.193 million tons and sinter - 13% to 8.721 million tons.

KIEV, Nov. 5 - Ukraine's steel industry reduced finished roll output 6% year-on-year in the first 10 months of 2008 to 28.123 million tons, the Industrial Policy Ministry told Interfax.

KIEV, Nov. 5 - The growth of the US dollar rate on the interbank forex market to the top limit of the UAH 5.00-5.06/$1 exchange rate, supported by the National Bank of Ukraine, is prompted by high demand for currency from Ukrainian banks, which have to pay for their foreign loans under conditions in which the possibility of refinancing is diminished by instability on the foreign markets, head of the NBU Volodymyr Stelmakh says.

MOSCOW, Nov. 5 - The Odessa-Brody-Plock-Gdansk oil pipeline will not be able to offer competition to Russian trunk pipelines, according to Nikolai Tokarev, oil pipeline operator Transneft's new chief.

KIEV, Nov. 2 -- Moody's outlook on the Ukrainian banking system reflects the combination of two key factors: its improving financial fundamentals and its significant structural weaknesses.

KIEV, Nov. 2 - The net growth of direct foreign investment in Ukraine in January through September 2007 was $6.8 billion, which is 1.6 times up year-on-year and 6.4 times up compared to the same period in 2005, First Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, Nov. 5 - Ukraine's cooking oil producers have suspended exports in order to saturate the domestic market and stabilize prices, the director general of the Ukroliyaprom association, Stepan Kapshuk, said.

KIEV, Nov. 5 - Ukraine's Coal Industry Ministry last week ordered state coal mining companies to produce 8.5 million tons of coal in the last two months of the year, including 4.2 million tons in November and 4.3 million tons in December.