DNIPROPETROVSK, Aug. 2 – The Oskar industrial company (the industrial facility of former Nikopol Pipe Plant state enterprise) has resumed production after several years of lying idle, the Oskar trade group's director, Oleksandr Danovych, has told journalists.

KIEV, July 30 - Fitch Ratings today affirmed the city of Kharkiv's credit ratings at long-term foreign and local currency 'B' with negative outlook, short-term foreign currency 'B', and national long-term 'AA-(ukr)'.

The outlook on the national long-term rating is stable.

KIEV, July 31 – The quotas on imports of steel seamless casing and compressor pipes imposed by Ukraine from October 1, 2008 for three years, have been suspended until April 1, 2010.

KIEV, July 31 – A cabinet resolution on the transfer of the state gas distribution pipelines of 42 regional gas supply companies to a daughter company of Naftogaz Ukrayiny would allow the state holding to centralize its financial flows in its favor, according to Roman Storozhev, president of the Gas Traders Association.

KIEV, July 31 – There is a high risk that Ukrgasbank will refuse to buy back its C Series bonds in a scheduled buyback offer, and the terms for the debt restructuring do not satisfy the requirements most of its investors, according to market players polled by Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 2 – The Swiss OMX stock exchange, the Vienna-based Wiener Borse, and Russia's RTS and Vneshtorgbank are interested in buying stocks from an additional issue by Kiev-based National Depositary of Ukraine, according to the head of the depositary, Viktor Ivchenko.

MUMBAI, Aug. 2 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it has affirmed its 'BB-' long-term foreign, 'BB' long-term local, and 'B' short-term sovereign credit ratings on Ukraine, reflecting fiscal concerns arising from a shortened electoral cycle with a negative outlook, Thomson Financial reported.

KIEV, Aug. 2 - Ukraine's major producer and exporter of iron ore, Poltava HOK, suspended production and evacuated workers Wednesday after release of an unknown gas at the production site, a company official said Thursday.

KIEV, July 31 – Ukraine accumulated 25.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas in its underground gas storage facilities as of July 31, Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko reported.

KIEV, August 1 – The state administration for Ukraine's railway transport, Ukrzaliznytsia, plans to pay off $209 million of a loan attracted in 2004 from Deutsche Bank using assets from Barclays bank (Britain), Deputy Ukrzaliznytsia Director Anatoliy Chubynsky reported.