KYIV, Nov 21 – United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC), which controls Vilnohirsk Mining and Metallurgical Plant (Dnipropetrovsk region) and Irshansk Mining and Processing Plant (Zhytomyr region), began concluding contracts for the supply of mined titanium raw materials to foreign markets without intermediaries.

KYIV, Nov 21 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans to close 2022 with investments in Ukraine of over EUR 1.5 billion, Matteo Patrone, EBRD Managing Director for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, said at the Ukrainian Investment Roadshow conference last week in London.

KYIV, Nov 21 - The weather in Ukraine has not been conducive to a good harvest this season, precipitation has been very uneven, low temperatures have delayed the development of crops and lengthy autumn rains have prevented the harvesting of late crops and the sowing of winter crops, GrainTrade, an online Ukrainian grain exchange, said.

KYIV, Nov 19 - Domestic pharmaceutical manufacturers face rising electricity prices, but they are still ready to keep prices down, despite the growth in production costs.

KYIV, Nov 19 – The winner of a privatization auction General Commerce LLC confirms plans to purchase First Kyiv Machine-Building Plant (previously the Bilshovyk plant), despite the delay at the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU), the Consortium of Investors told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Nov 19 – The State Property Fund (SPF) of Ukraine this week sent to the Cabinet of Ministers a draft order on providing additional guarantees to a winner of a tender for sale of United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC), scheduled for December 20, in order to increase competition and ensure successful sale.

KYIV, Nov 19 – The U.S. Department of Energy will finance an independent review of the safety analysis report for small modular reactors (SMRs) by the American company NuScale Power, which is to be carried out by the State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety of Ukraine.

KYIV, Nov 20 – The State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine plans soon to hold a road show for three tenders announced in August to develop fossil fuel fields under production sharing agreements (PSA), Head of the Service Roman Opimakh has said.

KYIV, Nov 20 – Ukrainian coal mining companies in January-October 2019 reduced production of coal by 7.6% (by 2.102 million tons) compared to the same period in 2018, to 25.586 million tons.

KYIV, Nov 21 – The Fozzy Group on November 20, 2019 officially opened the largest store of the Silpo retail chain in Ukraine. The store with a total area of around 9,000 square meters (retail area is 5,700 square meters) in the style of the universe of the Mavka. The Forest Song animated feature film was placed in new Blockbuster Mall in Bandery Avenue in Kyiv.