KYIV, Aug 2 – Ukraine’s largest coal producer DTEK boosted 6.6% output of run-of-mine (ROM) coal in January-June 2017, to 14.807 million tons, including 13.447 million tons made by Ukrainian assets of the group, the company reported. The figures also include DTEK’s Obukhovskaya coal mine in Russia.

KIEV, Aug 1 – Andriy Amelin, chairman of state-run enterprise Sea Port Authority of Ukraine, has been informed that he is suspected of embezzling funds via setting too high a cost for lubricants and fuel, Deputy Infrastructure Minister Yuriy Lavreniuk said.

KIEV, Aug. 1 – The United States District Court for the Central District of California has satisfied an action filed by Boeing seeking $356 million in reimbursement from other Sea Launch partners, including Ukraine's Pivdenmash.

KIEV, Aug. 1 - State Enterprise Antonov will appeal to international aviation organizations with the request to lift responsibility for the safety of flights of Russian transport An-124-100 Ruslan aircraft, if Russian aviation authorities illegally, in violation of the rules, decide on the withdrawal of them from under the supervision of the developer and transfer its functions to a Russian company.

KIEV, Aug. 1 - Ukrainian businessman Borys Kaufman intends to acquire a controlling stake in Platinum Bank (Kiev) in the amount of 75% plus one share.

KIEV, Aug. 2 - State enterprise Belorusneft at an auction announced by PJSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia submitted the lowest price proposals for the implementation of 50 hydraulic fracturing operations for UAH 183.98 million.

KIEV, Aug. 2 - Ukraine plans in 2016 to supply 17 batches of fresh nuclear fuel, of which 12 will be fuel from OAO TVEL (the Russian Federation), and five from Westinghouse, Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Kistion said in an interview with the Holos Ukrainy newspaper.

KIEV, Aug. 2 – Ukraine plans to sign contracts by the end of the year to ship up to 2 million metric tons of crude oil from Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan to Europe, the state oil shipper UkrTransNafta reported Tuesday.

KIEV, July 31 – Around 8% of Ukrainians, or about 3 million people, plan to find a job abroad in the nearest future, according to a poll conducted by GfK Ukraine under a request of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

KIEV, July 31 - Netherlands-based Metinvest B.V., the parent company of the international vertically integrated mining and metals group Metinvest, has announced it has exercised an option to buy 50% of the mining and metallurgical business of the Industrial Group, resulting in Metinvest and a group of investors consolidating more than 50% of Ukrainian steelmaker OJSC Zaporizhstal.