KYIV, Feb 28 - Ukraine in January increased exports of electricity by 4% (by 19.7 million kWh) compared to the same period of 2018, to 511.5 million kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry reportes.

KYIV, Feb 28 – DTEK Renewables will attract EUR 90 million from German commercial banks for the construction of the second stage of Prymorsk wind power plant in Zaporizhia region, director general of the company Philipp Leckebusch has said.

KIEV, Feb. 27 – Energoatom in 2016 saw a 77.8% fall in net profit, to UAH 187.126 million.

According to a report posted on the company's website, its net revenue in January-September 2016 grew by 9.6%, to UAH 36.068 billion, while gross profit fell by 22.7%, to UAH 5.724 billion.

KIEV, Feb. 28 – Wage arrears in Ukraine increased by 6.5% in January 2017 and on February 1, 2017 amounted to UAH 1.908 trillion.

According to the State Statistics Service, wage arrears at economically active enterprises in January decreased by 22.2% or by UAH 248 million and on February 1, 2017 amounted to UAH 870.3 million.

KIEV, Feb. 27 - The Donetsk metallurgical plant, part of Donetsksteel Group, on Monday stopped operating its only active blast furnace, N1, over lack of iron ore as a result of a railway blockade in the disengagement zone and discontinued supplies of the raw material.

KIEV. Feb 26 – Importers are not ready for new complicated medicinal import licensing requirements that could take effect on March 1, the European Business Association said.

KIEV, Feb. 26 – Ukraine has returned EUR 2.5 million in unused funds left from the sale of Kyoto quota units in 2009, the Ukrainian Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry said.

KIEV, Feb. 26 - Kharkiv Tractor Plant expects a significant drop in sales in the first half of 2016 compared to the same period of 2015 due to the impossibility of sales in Russia, as well as due to Russia's introducing import duty on tractors and vehicle recycling tax for agricultural machinery.

KIEV, Feb. 26 – If Russia doesn't cancel an embargo on the import of foods from Ukraine and doesn't lift restrictions on transit shipments to Kazakhstan, Ukraine may initiate World Trade Organization dispute proceedings, Ukrainian trade envoy Nataliya Mykolska said.

KIEV, Feb. 29 – Representatives of metal and mining companies and the trade union of the metal and mining sector of Ukraine have said that the situation on the metal product markets is difficult and it is worsened by growth of prices of services provided by public monopolies in the country.