KYIV, March 1 - Gazprom on Thursday lowered pressure in pipelines carrying Russian natural gas to Europe through Ukrainian gas transportation system, the state gas shipper Ukrtransgaz reported.

KYIV, March 1 – Gazprom on Thursday refused to begin natural gas supplies to Ukraine putting significant strain on the country’s gas infrastructure that has been already running at maximum capacity due to frigid weather.

KIEV, March 1 – The operator of the Ukrainian gas transport system, Ukrtransgaz, a subsidiary of national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrayiny, in the past days has recorded sharp drops in gas pressure maintained at the Sudzha gas metering station, the entry point to the Ukrainian gas transport system from the direction of Russia.

KIEV, Feb. 28 – Ukraine's Energy and Coal Industry Ministry expects uranium concentrate production to grow by 21.5% or 215,900 tons in 2017, to 1,221 tons.

KIEV, Feb. 28 – The Container Terminal Odessa subsidiary of Germany's HHLA International GmbH has said that Ukrainian Sea Port Authority is to urgently meet its commitments on construction of a protective breakwater pier in the water area of the Quarantine Mole as an integral part of the investment project required for safe operation of the new container terminal.

KIEV, March 1 – Ukraine's Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has said that only Ukrainian individuals should have the right to buy land parcels.

KIEV, March 1 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny intends to attract an investment and banking advisor who will assess how much the company can receive from sale of its assets in Egypt, Naftogaz Commercial Director Yuriy Vitrenko said.

KIEV, March 1 – Dwindling supplies of anthracite coal in the balance of energy would result in a shortage of electricity this summer or a risk of the failure of the next heating season over the inability of carrying out repair in the non-heating season, said acting Ukrenergo head Vsevolod Kovalchuk.

KIEV, Feb. 29 – The Eurasian Economic Commission, the regulating body of the Eurasian Economic Union, has imposed anti-dumping duties for five years on Ukrainian seamless, stainless steel pipe up to 426 mm in diameter equal to 18.96% of customs value, effective February 26.

KIEV, Feb. 29 – Ukrainian banks (not taking into account insolvent banks) lost UAH 890 million in January 2016, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has reported.