KIEV, Aug. 1 – The growth of the dry construction mixture market seen in July to September 2008 is to stop, director general of Henkel Bautechnik (Ukraine), Volodymyr Sokha, said.

KIEV, Aug. 1 - EnergoAtom, the state-owned operator of all four Ukrainian nuclear power plants, is to finish the work on prolonging the operating lives of reactors one and two at Rivne on schedule, EnergoAtom President Yuriy Nedashkovsky said.

KIEV, Aug. 1 – Russia could take part in a project to set up a nuclear fuel production plant in Ukraine to supply fuel to Ukrainian nuclear power plants, according to EnergoAtom President Yuriy Nedashkovsky.

KIEV, Aug. 1 - Banking gold sales in Ukraine in 2009 are expected to grow by 25-30%, to 52-56 tons, according to the deputy board chairman of Kiev-based Ukrgasbank, Serhiy Mamedov.

KIEV, Aug. 2 ??“ Ukrainian mining and metallurgical enterprises increased metal production by 7% in January-July 2006, compared to January-July 2005, while reducing production of ferroalloys and manganese ore.

KIEV, Aug. 3 ??“ The resumption of tax breaks for former special economic zones and territories of priority development is leading to unjustified losses to the national budget, according to the State Tax Administration of Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 2 ??“ Serhiy Tyhypko, the chairman and the owner of TAS-Kommerzbank, on Wednesday announced plans to sell the bank by early next year, or much sooner than had been earlier expected.

LONDON, Aug. 3 - The European Investment Bank (EIB) mandate for operations in Russia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine could be raised to 5 billion euros, according to an EBRD Russian strategy report.

KIEV, Aug. 2 ??“ Investment bank Concorde Capital and international consulting company Colliers Int. have announced they are setting up the Colliers-Concorde (Ukraine) Investment Real Estate Fund.

MOSCOW, Aug. 1 ??“ Russian Railways (RZhD) and Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) on Aug. 1, according to a report carried by Interfax. started a regular Moscow-Kiev high-speed rail link.