KIEV, Sept. 22 – The sale of up to a 69% stake in Kiev-based Borschahivka chemical and pharmaceutical plant is scheduled for Oct. 28, the company reported.

Taking into account the total issued shares (10,351), the 69% stake is estimated to be worth $144.21 million.

KIEV, Sept. 23 – The World Bank is working on a review of its macro economic forecasts for Ukraine for 2009, taking into account the situation on the international financial markets, Martin Raiser, Director for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova said at a press conference on Tuesday.

KIEV, Sept. 23 – The volume of auto loans issued in August fell by 13% compared to July due to the toughening of the credit policy of banks, coupled with a rise in interest rates and down payments, the Auto-Consulting analytical group reported.

ALUSHTA, Sept. 23 – In 2008, the number of defaults on bonds issued by construction companies will grow to 14-15, compared to six last year, according to the director general of the Credit-Rating agency, Stanyslav Dubko.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – Ukraine’s Ministry for Housing and Utilities Economy plans to raise a $140-million loan from the World Bank under its Municipal Infrastructure Development project, the head of the ministry's department for international ties and coordination of technical assistance Oleg Khusnutdinov said at a press conference in Kiev on Thursday.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – Zaporizhia Auto Plant, one of Ukraine's leading car producers, plans in 2007 to invest around $60 million in the development of its production facilities, UkrAvto Corporation Vice President Yuriy Plechun said during a roundtable on problems in the car building sector in Ukraine.

MOSCOW, Sept. 24 – The State Property Fund has confirmed its intention to sign an agreement on the creation of a JV to complete the building of Kryvy Rih Mining and Processing Plant for Oxidized Ores in Dolynske in Kirovohrad region with Ukrainian Ore-Metallurgic Company, which was founded on a parity basis by Russian Metalloinvest Holding and Ukrainian Smart-group.

KIEV, Sept. 24 – EnergoAtom, the national nuclear generating company, has drawn up a UAH4 billion consolidated program to increase reactor safety at Ukrainian nuclear power plants for 2008-2012 worth over.

KIEV, Sept. 24 - United Company RUSAL (UC RUSAL) in 2007 invested $58 million in the upgrade and expansion of production facilities at the Mykolayiv alumina plant, RUSAL's director for international and special projects, Alexander Livshits, told Interfax-Ukraine.

He said that a total of $180 million has been invested in the development of the plant since RUSAL bought the company.

KIEV, Sept. 21 ??“ Mittal Steel Kryviy Rih says complaints from the State Property Fund over the execution of the terms of the purchase of Kryvorizhstal are resolvable in most cases, and that they stem from the SPF's own interpretations of the purchase and sale agreement.