KIEV, Jan. 27 - Russian oil major Lukoil will shut down its Ukrainian oil refinery on Thursday for a 1.5-month scheduled maintenance, the company announced on Wednesday.

This is the second time that Lukoil shuts down its Lukoil-Odessa oil refinery over the past four months.

KIEV, Jan. 25 – Podilsky Cement (Kamyanets-Podilsky, Khmelnytsky region), part of Cement Roadstone Holdings (CRH, Ireland), is planning in 2010 to invest UAH 221.383 million in the construction of a furnace to produce cement using the dry production method with a capacity of two million tons of cement per year.

KIEV, Jan. 26 - CJSC Eurocar (Solomonovo, Zakarpattia region), a producer of Volkswagen Group cars, in 2008 produced 35,892 cars, which is 21.1% up year-over-year, the company's press service reported on Jan. 23.

KIEV, Jan. 25 - International Steel & Tube Industries Limited (Guernsey, UK), also known as ISTIL, in London confirmed that its subsidiary Metalsrussia Investment Limited has agreed to the sale and purchase of ISTIL Group Holding Limited (Cyprus).

KIEV, Jan. 25 - Fitch Ratings announced it has upgraded Ukraine-based Ukrsotsbank's (Ukrsots) ratings to Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default (IDR) 'BB-' (BB minus) from 'B' and Support '3' from '5'.

KIEV, Jan. 25 - Azerbaijan assured Ukraine on Friday it may supply 5 million metric tons of Caspian Sea crude annually, more than double what had been previously thought, via the strategic Odessa-Brody oil pipeline.

KIEV, Jan. 26 – Ukraine made progress on Saturday in debt talks with its key natural gas suppliers, averting complications that could potentially lead to disruption of steady transit of gas to the European Union.

KIEV, Jan. 26 - In 2004 Lutsk Car Works (LuAZ), part of Bohdan Industrial Investment Holding, produced 21,928 VAZ cars, almost 98% up year-over-year, the Company told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 27 ??“ EnergoAtom, Ukraine's state nuclear power producer, will resume exports of power to Russia on Feb. 1, the company said Thursday.

KYIV, Dec 26 – At a meeting last Friday, the Government of Ukraine approved the roadmap for reforming public investment management, which is one of the structural beacons of the extended financing program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the press service of the Ministry of Finance reported on Monday.