KYIV, Jan 31 – Ferrexpo Plc (the U.K.), which in Ukraine controls Poltava and Yeristovo mining enterprises, in 2018 exported 10.287 million tons of pellets to European countries, as well as to Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and China, remaining the leader in exports of pellets among similar companies from the CIS.

KYIV, Jan 31 – Ukrainian banks expect that lending and inflow of deposits continue in 2019, they also count on improvement of the loan portfolio, according to the poll on the conditions of banking lending conducted by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, Jan 31 – The state guaranteed debt of Ukraine fell from 71.8% to 62.7% of GDP in 2018, according to tentative data posted by the Finance Ministry on its Facebook page.

KYIV, Jan 30 – The Nova Poshta Group delivered 174 million parcels in 2018, which is almost 20% more than in 2017.

Co-owner of the company Volodymyr Popereshniuk said at a press conference late on Tuesday, in 2019, the company also seeks to achieve 20% growth in the number of deliveries.

KYIV, Jan 30 - TAS Energy Countries gas company, which is part of Sergiy Tigipko's TAS Group, has carried out Ukraine's first export of gas to Europe in the framework of testing the readiness of the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS) and customs regimes for export operations, company director Maksym Dmytruk has told Interfax Ukraine.

KYIV, Jan 30 – PZU Ukraine is the leader in the number of e-policies signed and the volume of insurance premiums received under these policies as of January 18, 2019, while earlier VUSO was the leader (both based in Kyiv), the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU) has reported on its Facebook page.

KYIV, Jan 31 – Head of Ukraine's Specialized Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) Nazar Kholodnytsky has promised in the near term to hear the results of investigations into cases on the possible abuses when the Rotterdam+ and Dusseldorf+ formulas were approved and when refinancing loans were issued to PrivatBank.

KYIV, Jan 31 – Khersonoblenergo plans to build two cable lines from the 10 kV indoor switchgear of the 150/10 kV Komunalna substation connecting the transformer yard of solar power plants to allow them to connect to the Ukrainian power grid.

KYIV, Jan 31 – National energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny in pursuance of the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers is ready to provide households with gas meters at the expense of the company if consumers sign contracts with the company, Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolev has said.

KYIV, Jan 29 - Half of the member companies of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (ACC) consider the National Anti- Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) to be the most effective authority among anti-corruption institutions in the country in 2017, according to a survey conducted by the ACC.