KIEV, Oct. 19 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is considering the issue of a $70 million loan to Coal Energy S.A. (Luxembourg) with assets in Ukraine, according to the bank's Web site.

KIEV, Oct. 19 – Sadovaya Group, a large private steam coal producer in Ukraine, in mid-October suspended coal production at Sadovaya mine (Alchevsk, Luhansk region) due to low demand for coal and a fall in sales.

KIEV, Oct. 22 - Ukraine’s Kherson Shipbuilding Plant on Monday finished construction of a large oil tanker, the first such tanker built in the country since 1991, as the government mulls tax breaks to boost the steel sector.

KIEV, Oct. 22 – A first tranche of the loan of Export-Import Bank of China to build a railway line between Kiev and Boryspil airport could arrive in Ukraine this week, State Agency for Investment and Management of National Projects head Vladyslav Kaskiv reported.

KIEV, Oct. 22 – The European Business Association has called on Ukraine's presidential candidates to provide a program and an action plan to improve the investment climate in the country.

KIEV, Oct. 22 – The Ukrainian cabinet has approved a concept for the development, upgrade and re-equipment of the Ukrainian gas transportation system for 2009-2015 with the projected investment of $2.57 billion, Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan told the press on Wednesday.

KIEV, Oct. 22 – The stable recovery of the Ukrainian economy will require additional efforts from the authorities, said Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – The increase in excise duties on diesel fuel that contains from 0.035% to 0.2% sulfur by EUR 15 per ton would lead to a rise in prices of fuel in the wholesale and retail trade by around 18 kopecks, taking into account the present euro exchange rate, the director of the A-95 consulting group, Serhiy Kuyun, told Interfax-Ukraine.

MOSCOW, Oct. 21 - Fitch Ratings has revised the Rating Watch on Ukraine-based OJSC Naftogaz's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default ratings (IDRs) of 'RD' (Restricted Default) to Positive (RWP) from Rating Watch Evolving (RWE), the agency said in a press release.

KIEV, Oct. 22 – The introduction of mandatory inspections by Ukrainian veterinary medicine agencies of foreign companies that import meat, milk and other animal products and foods made from them starting Jan. 14, 2010 will lead to a restriction of trade with Ukraine, according to head of the European Commission Representation in Ukraine Jose Manuel Pintu Teisheira.