MOSCOW, Nov. 2 - Lukoil will get the Odessa refinery in Ukraine running at full capacity on Nov. 5, a representative of the Russian oil company told Interfax.

The Lukoil representative said oil was not getting through to the refinery. Lukoil said last week it would resume delivering oil to the Odessa refinery from Nov. 1.

KIEV, Nov. 2 - Ukraine's steel industry reduced finished roll output 23% year-on-year in January-October to 21.708 million tons, the Industrial Policy Ministry told Interfax.

The industry cut roll output 34% year-on-year in January-July, and 30% in January-August and 27% in January-September, so the latest figures indicate that the severe decline in the industry is still slowing.

KIEV, Nov. 3 – Mariupol Illich Steel Mill in Donetsk region in September saw UAH130 million in net losses, and the mill expects around UAH250 million in losses in October, the mill has reported, referring to its director general, Volodymyr Boiko.

He said that the situation is difficult in the whole mining and metals sector of Ukraine.

KIEV, Nov. 4 – At present a considerable fall in imports is seen on the Ukrainian border, the head of the State Customs Service, Valeriy Khoroshkovsky, said in an interview with the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia newspaper.

KIEV, Nov. 2 - Next year Naftogaz Ukrayiny will begin refining oil at UkrTatNafta under the program to create an oil product stabilization reserve. Lysychansk Oil Refinery, a TNK-BP property, currently refines oil under the program.

KIEV, Nov. 2 - One result of the international credit crisis for Ukraine could be a fall in the use of the dollar in its economy and in issuing bank credits, according to experts of the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting.

KIEV, Nov. 2 - Sarmatia, an international oil venture created to build a route to move Caspian Sea crude to markets in the European Union, will hold a meeting Monday in Ukraine, a Ukrainian shareholder said Friday.

KIEV, Nov. 2 - Arcelor Mittal, the world’s largest steelmaker, on Friday praised the decision by President Viktor Yushchenko to speed up selection of an investor for launch a major iron ore deposit in Ukraine.

KIEV, Nov. 2 - Ukraine’s largest oil refinery, UkrTatNafta, is on the verge of a bankruptcy that may have been prepared and could benefit Russian shareholders, the refinery’s recently reinstated top manager said, citing financial data.

KYIV, Oct 3 – International retailer JYSK has invested approximately 400 million UAH in expanding its Ukrainian network from 2022-2024 and plans to open 12 new stores in 2025, announced JYSK Ukraine's Country Director, Yevhen Ivanitsa, at a press conference on Wednesday.