KIEV, Oct. 31 – Fuel supplies by Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta to Ukraine may fall by 30-50% in the near future due to the fall in demand from Ukrainian companies, said Ihor Maistrenko, head of the concern's representative office in Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 31 - Arcelor Mittal, the world’s biggest producer of steel, asked the Ukrainian government to reschedule some of its commitments undertaken during the acquisition of Ukrainian steelmaker in 2005 due to falling demand for steel.

KIEV, Oct. 31 - Ukraine’s ferroalloy industry, one of the world’s largest, will completely suspend operation Nov. 1 due to weak demand domestically and overseas, UkrFA, an association of Ukrainian ferroalloy producers, reported Friday.

KIEV, Nov. 1 - Wood-based panel producer Kronospan Ukraine Ltd. raised a EUR 60 million syndicated senior loan facility from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

KIEV, Nov. 2 ??“ Allowing foreign banks to open branches in Ukraine, as has been proposed by President Viktor Yushchenko, could hurt Ukrainian banks, a domestic banking lobby group said.

KIEV, Nov. 2 - Ukraine??™s sixth-largest oil refinery, Naftokhimik Prykarpattia, resumed operation after almost a two-week shutdown for maintenance, an energy and fuel ministry official said Thursday.

KIEV, Nov. 2 ??“ The Ukrainian government should resume the privatization of power generating and distribution companies, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Complex Andriy Kliuyev said.

MOSCOW, Nov. 2 - Fitch Ratings on Thursday assigned a stable outlook for Naftogaz Ukrayiny??™s local and foreign currency Issuer Default ratings, removing the national oil and gas company from negative rating watch.

KIEV, Nov. 2 - ChornomorNaftoGaz, Ukraine??™s only producer of oil and gas from the Black Sea, said it discovered a new offshore gas field near Odessa that may dramatically increase the total gas deposits in the area.

KIEV, Nov. 2 ??“ A Ukrainian organization that unites some of the country??™s biggest natural gas traders has called on the government Wednesday to liberalize gas market to encourage competition.