KYIV, March 27 – Ukraine’s largest steel maker ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih reported a net profit of UAH 5.062 billion in 2017, up from UAH 2.704 billion in 2016.

According to the company's announcement of an annual shareholders' meeting scheduled for April 26, retained earnings by the end of the year amounted to UAH 32.980 billion.

KYIV, March 27 - Ukraine’s national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Russia’s Gazprom failed to come to an agreement over natural gas supplies and transit, Naftogaz reported Tuesday.

KIEV, March 24 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which took away a fleet of 2,400 freight wagons under a collateral agreement in court from Interleaseinvest, could sell it later, EBRD Corporate Recovery Department Director Kamen Zahariev said.

KIEV, March 24 – ICU Group has not been holding negotiations on the sale of Lipetsk confectionery factory Roshen since mid-2015 in connection with the decision of the Moscow Basmanny Court to arrest its property.

KIEV, March 27 – The preliminary results of the Ukrainian insurance market in 2016 show that 55% of assets of insurance companies worth over UAH 30 billion are illiquid or hard to sell and generate low income, a member of the national commission for financial service markets regulation Oleksandr Zaletov told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, March 27 – DTEK intends to invest in construction of solar power plants, DTEK CEO Maksym Timchenko told Interfax-Ukraine.

He said that the pilot project will be construction of a 10 MW solar power plant in Kherson region.

KIEV, March 27 – DTEK subsidiaries Pavlohradvuhillia and Dobropilliavuhillia plan to increase run-of-mine (ROM) coal by 10-15% in 2017, DTEK CEO Maksym Timchenko told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, March 27 – The National Bank of Ukraine has facilitated the rules for registering agreements on taking credits or loans in foreign currency from nonresidents by residents, the central bank has reported on its website.

KIEV, March 27 – The National Commission for Securities and the Stock Market of Ukraine intends to improve the mechanism for allowing securities of foreign issuers to enter the Ukrainian stock market, the regulator announced.

KIEV, March 27 – Accusations by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) of unlawful interference in operation of the automated systems and computer networks of the Justice Ministry, the State Fiscal Service and the State Court Administration of Ukraine and the illegal sale of collected data by online service YouControl are groundless, YouControl attorney Danylo Hloba said.