KRASNODAR, July 2 - The Krasnodar territory expects that Ukraine's Industrial Union of Donbas (IUD) will complete construction of a steel mill in the town of Armavir within 12 to 14 months, the head of the regional industry department, Andrei Kravchenko said at a press conference on Thursday.

KIEV, July 2 - The Ukrainian government under an initiative of the State Property Fund of Ukraine at a Tuesday meeting last week decided to withdraw state-owned stocks in six regional electricity supply companies from the statutory fund of the national Energy Company of Ukraine to sell them in the future.

DNIPROPETROVSK, July 2 - The Petrovsky Steel Plant in Dnipropetrovsk (DMZ) plans to commission Italy's Danieli to build a new rolling mill to replace a mill that has been operating for more than 50 years.

KIEV, June 30 - Turkmenistan seeks to increase by 67% price of natural gas it may charge Ukraine later this year that could make many Ukrainian companies unprofitable, officials said Friday.

KIEV, June 30 - Russia??™s oil major TNK-BP plans to open a chain of gasoline filling stations under the BP brand in Ukraine by 2009, the company??™s press service said Friday.

KYIV, June 2 – The Polish energy concern Orlen, within the framework of a memorandum with the Ukrainian Naftogaz Group, will help it with its technical expertise in the reconstruction of war-damaged gas infrastructure and increase gas supplies through Poland to Ukraine, the concern reported.

KYIV, June 2 – Specialists of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) directly at Zaporizhia NPP site have not yet detected any actual actions by Russia regarding attempts to launch the power units of the plant to operate at the power level, Head of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine Oleh Korikov said.

KYIV, June 2 – The Business Expectations Index (BEI), which is calculated by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on a scale from zero to 100, increased by 1.4 points in May, to 50.8, which is 2.8 points higher than the level of May 2024 (48.0), the regulator said on its website.

LUXEMBOURG, May 31 – Kharkiv has prepared a concept for the Shelter Park project with an estimated cost of EUR 225 million - a multifunctional underground center that combines public space with educational and medical institutions and retail space, and even includes housing stock, said Tetiana Stoliarenko, director of the Kharkiv Investment Agency.

KYIV, May 31 – The Cabinet of Ministers has set the electricity tariff for the population at UAH 4.32 per kWh (including VAT) starting June 1, 2024, which is 64% higher than the current tariff of UAH 2.64 per kWh (including VAT).