KIEV, Oct. 23 - Mittal Steel mulls acquiring hardware plants in Ukraine with a view to overhauling them and making competitive products, Frank Pannier, a spokesman at Mittal Steel Kriviy Rih, said.

KIEV, Oct. 23 ??“ Ukraine in November plans to complete creation of a state company that would process waste from coal concentration, Coal Minister Serhiy Tulub said.

KIEV, Oct. 23 ??“ Ukraine may offer special conditions for investors seeking to buy unprofitable coal mines as a way of attracting capital to the strategically important sector, Coal Industry Minister Serhiy Tulub said.

KIEV, Oct. 21 ??“ Viktor Yushchenko takes on a defining moment for his presidency Monday, when his government auctions off a 93.02% stake in Kryvorizhstal, the steel company which accounts for about 20% of Ukraine??™s steel production.

KYIV, Sept 23 – Ukraine's gas transport system is technically prepared to operate in reverse mode after the contract for Russian natural gas transit to Europe expires at the end of this year, a government source said.

KYIV, Sept 23 – Following the restructuring of approximately $24 billion in eurobonds (including capitalized interest), Ukraine is expected to make payments on its new eurobonds, issued for a total of $15.2 billion, amounting to roughly $0.2 billion in interest in 2025 and $0.4 billion in 2026.

KYIV, Sept 23 – EUSTREAM (the Slovak gas TSO), Gas TSO of Ukraine (GTSOU), NET4GAS (the Czech gas TSO) and OGE (a leading German gas TSO) have joined forces to develop a hydrogen highway through Central Europe.

KYIV, Sept 23 - The supervisory board of Naftogaz Ukrayiny at a meeting last Monday approved the resignation of board members Otto Waterlander (Chief Transformation Officer) and Petrus van Driel (Chief Financial Officer), a government source told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Sept 23 – Ukraine's accession to the European Convention on a Common Transit Procedure is expected at the end of the second quarter of 2022 to allow Ukrainian transport companies benefit from access to major market, Director of the Department for the Implementation of the International Transit System of the State Customs Service Serhiy Demchenko said.

KYIV, Sept 23 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny in January-June 2020 posted a net loss of UAH 11.541 billion versus UAH 24.704 billion of net profit for the same period last year.