KIEV, Oct. 4 ??“ Arcelor, the world??™s second largest steelmaker, received permission from Ukraine??™s anti-cartel authority Tuesday to acquire majority stake in a local company that may be used as a vehicle to bid for Kryvorizhstal.

KIEV, Oct. 4 - Sokrat Investment and Financial Group has struck a deal to buy a controlling interest in the Irpen mill Progress (Kyiv region) for a privately held corporation with foreign capital. Slobozhanska Construction Ceramics, Sokrat reported.

KIEV, Oct. 4 - Cardinal Resources Plc announced the final deal with Hares Group Limited to buy 100% of Rudis Drilling Company Ltd. of Kiev for $14.8 mln, the company reported.

KYIV, Sept 2 – Metinvest Mining and Metallurgical Group will resume investments in new Ukrainian assets only after the war, the company's CEO Yuriy Ryzhenkov has said.

KYIV, Sept 2 – The State Road Agency of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) is preparing for the winter with the diversification of technical salt supplies.

"We started preparing for winter in advance. Today, there are leftover de-icing materials from last year – 25,000 tons of technical salt and 159,000 tons of friction materials.

KYIV, Sept 2 – The retail pharmaceutical market of Ukraine in March-June 2022 fell by 30-40% in monetary terms and by 20-30% in kind compared to the same period in 2021, hospital purchases dropped by 70-80%.

KIEV, Sept. 2 - Ukraine-China cooperation in the Antonov An-225 'Mriya' heavy-lift transport aircraft project boasting a 250-ton payload rules out reassignment of intellectual property rights to China, Antonov State Company said.

KIEV, Sept. 2 – The National Bank of Ukraine plans to buy $800 million on the forex market September through December to support the required amount of international reserves under the Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund, according to the Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies published on the IMF's Web site on Tuesday.

KIEV, Sept. 3 – Ukraine's participation in the Expo 2015 international exhibition is under threat due to problems with financing, Secretary General of the International Trade Club in Ukraine Valeriy Baliasny said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine.

SIMFEROPOL, Sept. 4 – Sale of the nationalized assets of Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoisky in Crimea will not allow for funds to pay deposits of Crimean residents at PrivatBank, Crimean city council speaker Vladimir Konstantinov has said.