KIEV, Dec. 21 - Ukraine’s biggest producer of coking coal, the Zasiadko mine, completed flooding with a section that had been damaged by a series of powerful methane gas explosions a month ago, a source in the emergency situations ministry said Friday.

KIEV, Dec. 21 - Ukraine’s largest steel and mining group, Metinvest, on Friday announced details of its ongoing merger with Smart-group, a major producer of iron ore, creating the country’s steel industry champion.

KIEV, Dec. 23 ??“ The World Map restaurant chain has announced the purchase of the municipally owned Khreschatyk Hotel in Kiev in partnership with Kakha Kaladze, a former player of the capital city??™s Dynamo Football (soccer) Club.

KIEV, Dec. 23 ??“ Now is the time to start investing in eurobonds issued by the state-run Naftogaz Ukrayiny, according to an analysis published by Kiev??™s Ukrsotsbank.

KYIV, Nov 23 – United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC), which manages the Vilnohirsk Mining and Metallurgical Combine (Dnipropetrovsk region) and Irshansk Mining and Processing Plant (Zhytomyr region), discussed with potential customers the supply of products next year in the amount of more than 200,000 tons of titanium ore.

KYIV, Nov 23 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided another senior loan of $150 million to ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (AMKR, Dnipropetrovsk region) for financing of working capital needs of the company to ensure the continuity of operations in Ukraine.

KYIV, Nov 23 – Ukraine’s consumer confidence index after falling in September by 4.5 points has also dropped 4.9 points in October, to 68.8 points on a 200-point scale, according to a study by Info Sapiens.

KYIV, Nov 23 – Westinghouse Electric of the U.S. will help Ukraine build two new nuclear power reactors before 2029 in a $10 billion contract signed with the state-owned Energoatom on Monday, the Ukrainian company reported.

KYIV, Nov 22 - Public associations of farmers are asking the government to consider the possibility of providing nitrogen fertilizer producers with a commodity loan for 1.25 billion cubic meters of natural gas for the production of mineral fertilizers, this will avoid a shortage of fertilizers and "unrestrained price increases" for them next spring.

KYIV, Nov 22 - The Energy Ministry and power generating company Centrenergo are working on securing imports of coal from Kazakhstan by sea, bypassing the railways blocked by the Russian Federation, Minister of Energy Herman Haluschenko said.