KIEV, Jan. 21 – Ukraine in 2010 will need 60.89 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas, including 20.67 bcm of Ukrainian-extracted gas and 27 bcm of imported gas.

KIEV, Jan. 21 – Ukrainian exporters will be the key driver of economic development in Ukraine in 2010 in the wake of the expected increase in demand for Ukrainian goods on foreign markets, according to Ukrainian experts.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – The 62-month period of construction of the Podilsko-Vyhurivska subway line, which will connect Kiev's right bank with the Troyeshcyna residential district, will start only when the Podilsko-Voskresenky bridge over the River Dnipro is commissioned, the head of the Kiev Metropoliten municipal company, Petro Myroshnikov, said during a phone conference in Kiev.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – The National Bank of Ukraine has denied that the International Monetary Fund approved a decision to transfer a portion of the bank's forex reserves to the Ukrainian government.

KIEV, Jan. 24 - Poltava Mining, Ukraine's biggest producer of iron ore pellets, increased production of iron ore by 9%, or 28.934 million tons, in 2007.

Production of iron ore concentrate rose 10% to 10.652 million tons, and pellet production grew 6% to 9.072 million tons, including 5.372 million tons of pellets with 62% iron and 3.701 million tons with 65% iron, the company said in a press release.

KIEV, Jan. 23 - OAO TVEL (Russia) will supply this year's first batch of fresh fissile fuel for Ukrainian nuclear power plants in February, the national nuclear power generation company EnergoAtom said on Wednesday, referring to a schedule approved by both sides.

KIEV, Jan. 24 - Britain's European Minerals Corporation (EMC) said that it plans to take part in the development of the Muzhyevske gold deposit in Zakarpattia region, investing funds in it and using modern technologies.

KIEV, Jan. 24 - Italy's UniCredit Group is completing a deal on the acquisition of Ukrsotsbank, which is among the top-five Ukrainian banks, from Viktor Pinchuk, a source in the banking circles has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 24 – Ukraine’s steel and mining industry champion, Metinvest, will overtake a Russian steel giant to become the world’s No. 5 biggest producer of iron ore in 2008, a company official said Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 22 ??“ The number of cell phone users in Ukraine rose 63% in 2006, a half the pace of growth the previous year, as the market has been gradually reaching saturation, analysts said.