KIEV, Jan. 31 – Russia's Metalloinvest mining and metal holding is still considering taking part in the project to complete the Kryvy Rih oxidized ore mill, also known as KGOKOR.

KIEV, Feb. 1 – The National Bank of Ukraine in January (not taking into account trading on January 31, 2011) bought $674 million on the interbank currency market, Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisers to the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine said.

KIEV, Feb. 1 - The debts of Ukrainians for housing and utilities services grew by 5.5% in December 2010 compared to November 2010, and totaled UAH 11.4 billion at the beginning of January 2011, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, Feb. 1 - The main investigation department of Ukraine’s Security Service has detained former acting Chairman of the State Committee of Ukraine for the State Material Reserve Vitaliy Nikitin.

KIEV, Jan. 29 – Ukrtatnafta's shareholders have added the issue of approving measures to stabilize the company's work and reconstruct its oil refinery (Kremenchuk oil refinery, Poltava region) to the agenda of meetings scheduled for February 12 and February 19, according to the company.

KIEV, Jan. 30 - Illichivsk Seaport, Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port, which has major diesel fuel and gasoline terminals, suspended operation Friday as workers went on strike, the port’s press service reported.

KIEV, Jan. 30 - ZALK, Ukraine’s sole aluminum smelter, will shortly suspend operation of its alumina-making facilities due to high power prices, according to a report by the Zaporizhia city government.

KIEV, Jan. 29 -- Fitch Ratings has announced the recent downgrade of the Long-term Issuer Default rating of Ukraine's Rodovid Bank ('RB') to 'CC' from 'CCC', Fitch said in a statement.

The agency also announced that the outlook on the bank's Long-term IDR is negative.

KIEV, Feb. 1 ??“ Alef-Vinal company, a large producer of alcoholic beverages, says it will put into operation the first stage of a new distillery in Crimea in mid February.

"The official commissioning of the first stage of the distillery is scheduled for Feb. 15," the company's marketing director, Anatoliy Kohan, told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 31 - Forum Bank is planning to raise syndicated loans on the international market for a total of $280 million-$300 million in 2007.