KIEV, Dec. 30 - Dnipro-based Pivdenne Machine Building Plant named after Makarov (Pivdenmash) increased loading of its production facilities by 1.5 times in 2016 and the plant seeks to more than double it in 2017.

KIEV, Dec. 30 – The official representative of Mitsubishi Motors in Ukraine informed the National Police about an almost 14% discount from the initial price of Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV cars that are to be supplied to the police under the program of cooperation between the Japanese and Ukrainian governments in the law enforcement sector, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has said.

KIEV, Dec. 30 – Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has extended the period of availability of a $3.65 billion loan until December 25, 2017 under the agreement signed by Naftogaz Ukrayiny and State Development Bank of China.

KIEV, Jan. 3 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has signed with Citi and Deutsche Bank a loan agreement for a euro-denominated credit facility for gas purchase in the equivalent of $500 million secured by the World Bank.

KIEV, Jan. 3 – Oleksandr Yaroslavsky's DCH Group will send to the State Property Fund its formal appeal about the group's willingness to take a lease of the Odessa Port-Side Plant.

KIEV, Dec. 27 – Kiev-based AeroSvit Airline is supporting the lifting of restrictions in the Ukraine-Russia airspace rules, as negotiations on the change of conditions of air route exploitation, for which agreements are signed between the two countries, have been started, reads a company press release.

KIEV, Dec. 27 – Ukraine’s national currency will remain stable thanks to the systemic and agreed work of the Ukrainian government and the National Bank of Ukraine and a rational expense policy, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov at a press conference in Kiev on Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 28 – The grain export quotas initially imposed by the Ukrainian government in early October for the period until December 31, 2010, have been prolonged until March 31, 2011, and the quotas were increased by 1.5 million tons, to 4.2 million tons.

KIEV, Dec. 28 - Malynivsky District Court in Odessa has upheld a complaint of ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih against the ruling on opening a criminal case on an attempt to smuggle coking coal through the reduction of its import price, according to a company press release.

KIEV, Dec. 29 - Zasiadko mine (Donetsk region) plans to invest at least UAH 1 billion in the development of nine oil and gas fields by 2019, said Borys Bokiy, the company's deputy director general for new technologies and comprehensive mine development.