KIEV, Oct. 23 –Ukrainian steel mills in January to September cut investment into technical re-equipment by a preliminary 10-11% year-over-year, to around UAH7 billion.

KIEV, Oct. 23 - Ukraine's steel industry may reduce output of long and flat products 11.8% this year to 28.8 million tons, Andriy Fedoseyev, president of the Ukrainian Metal Traders' Association, told Interfax.

PRAGUE, Oct. 25 - The natural gas deal concerning supplies from Russia to Ukraine signed Tuesday will have a positive impact on the Czech Republic's natural gas market, Czech natural gas suppliers said Wednesday.

KIEV, Oct. 25 ??“ Agreements on cooperation in aircraft building reached at the first meeting of the committee for economic cooperation of the Ukrainian-Russian interstate commission allow Ukraine to expect a significant revival in the sector in the near future, according to First Deputy Industry Minister Volodymyr Ryzhov.

WARSAW, Oct. 25 - Poland is unlikely to avoid a gas price hike on the part of Russian Gazprom in the wake of that company??™s supply agreement with Ukraine, according to media reports.

Moscow, Oct. 26 - The Novokramatorsk Machine-building plant, one of Ukraine's largest heavy engineering companies, will deliver equipment to SUAL Holding in 2007 for upgrades to the hot-rolling mill-2840 at the Russian aluminum group's Kamensk-Uralsky Metallurgical Plant (KUMZ).

ASHGABAT, Oct. 26 ??“ Ukraine, which has been for years seeking to reduce dependence on Russian energy, admitted on Wednesday it will have to secure Russia??™s approval to a plan to double gas imports from Turkmenistan.

MOSCOW, Oct. 26 ??“ Fitch Ratings has affirmed Naftogaz Ukrayiny??™s senior unsecured foreign currency and local currency ratings at 'BB-' (BB minus). The outlook is Stable. At the same time, the agency has also affirmed the 'BB-' (BB minus) rating of Naftogaz's $500 mln loan participations notes maturing in 2009, the agency said in a statement.

LONDON, Oct. 26 -- Fitch Ratings has today affirmed Mittal Steel Company N.V.'s ("MS") ratings at Senior Unsecured 'BBB' and Short-term 'F2'. The Outlook remains Stable.

KYIV, Sept 26 - Transit of Azerbaijani gas through Ukraine to Europe will not protect the Ukrainian gas transportation system from Russian shelling, believes Serhiy Makogon, the general director of Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine LLC (GTSOU) in 2019-2022.