KIEV, Oct. 29 - Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) plans to study crediting of projects in Ukrainian power industry and involve Tokyo Electric Power Company consulting company in the study, the national Energy Company of Ukraine announced.

KIEV, Oct. 29 - Kherson Shipyard, the Black Sea Shipyard and the 61 Communards Shipyard (all based in Mykolayiv) are drawing up a project to set up a shipbuilding holding in 2008-2009, Volodymyr Movchan, the head of the supervisory council of Mykolayiv-based Sudmashprom, which owns a 90.25% stake in Black Sea Shipyard, told Interfax-Ukraine.

KAZAN, Oct. 29 - Ukrainian oil refiner UkrTatNafta is losing $4 million-$5 million every day due to the continuing conflict at the company, said Nail Maganov, first deputy general director and head of oil and product sales at Tatneft.

KIEV, Oct. 29 – Ukraine is expected on Tuesday make a $500 million payment to settle the lion’s share of the remaining $729 million debt owed for Russian natural gas supplies, an official said Monday.

KIEV, Oct. 26 ??“ Skoda car sales in Ukraine in January through September 2006 via the Eurocar dealing chain grew by 50% year-on-year, to 12,746 cars, Eurocar reported.

KIEV, Oct. 26 ??“ The director general of Russia's Tatneft, Shafagat Takhautdinov, has been elected head of the supervisory board of Kremenchuk-based UkrTatNafta.

KIEV, Oct. 26 - Azovstal shut down its No. 8 coking battery in another phase of the steelmaker's refurbishment and modernization, the company announced.

KIEV, Oct. 26 ??“ Ukraine International Airlines in January through September increased passenger traffic by 15.8% year-on-year, to 752,000 people, the company reported.

KIEV, Oct. 27 ??“ The OSART mission (Operational Safety Review Teams) on Oct. 25 completed its work at the South-Ukrainian nuclear power plant, the plant reported on Thursday.

KIEV, Oct. 27 ??“ The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is alarmed by the introduction of quotas on the export of grain in Ukraine.