KYIV, Nov 3 – Pobuzhsky Ferronickel Plant LLC (PFP, Kirovohrad region), which is part of the Solway international investment group, is forced to suspend production.

KYIV, Nov 3 – Microsoft will provide Ukrainian critical infrastructure and other state-important sectors with technological assistance in the amount of $100 million by the end of 2023, Microsoft Vice President Brad Smith said during a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov.

KYIV, Nov 2 - Ukrainian ports will soon accept five ships with imported coal from the United States with a total volume of approximately 280,000 tons, a government source has told Interfax-Ukraine.

"Five ships are on the way: four for DTEK and one for state-owned Centrenergo," he said.

KYIV, Nov 2 – JPMorgan analysts expect the National Bank's to raise its key interest rate to 9% in the first quarter of next year from current 8.5% per annum, according to the October EMEA Emerging Markets Research.

KYIV, Nov 3 – Oxford Economics has worsened its expectations for real GDP growth in Ukraine to 3.5% in 2021 from 4% in the August forecast, as well as the forecast for economic growth in 2022 – to 3.4% from 3.5%.

KYIV, Nov 3 – The Ministry of Energy is initiating the creation of a decarbonization fund financed by a portion of the emission tax, which is now being channeled into the general budget fund, and hopes for parliamentary support for this initiative, the ministry said on Monday.

KYIV, Nov 2 – The Business Activity Outlook Index (BAOI), calculated by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), in October decreased by 1.6 percentage points (p.p.) to 47.8 after growing in September (by 1.5 p.p.) and August (by 1 p.p.), but remains below the neutral value of 50 points and signals the prevalence of pessimistic business expectations.

KYIV, Nov 3 – Meeting all obligations to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be a very positive signal and the best "sedative" for the foreign exchange market, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Yuriy Heletiy said Monday.

KYIV, Nov 2 – Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and QTerminals W.L.L. (Qatar) – the concessionaire of the Olvia commercial seaport – have discussed the implementation of the agreement on the transfer to the concession of the property of the state-owned enterprise (SOE) Specialized Seaport Olvia and the property of the Ukrainian Seaports Authority during the transition period.

KYIV, Nov 2 – The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) put 10 distilleries up for an online auction on the Prozorro.Sale platform in November.

According to the post of Head of the State Property Fund Dmytro Sennychenko on Facebook on Monday, the initial sale prices for lots are from UAH 8 million to UAH 54 million.