DNIPROPETROVSK, Oct. 28 - Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NZF), Ukraine's biggest producer of silicon manganese and ferromanganese, might shut down operations on Nov. 1 due to a lack of demand amid the global financial crisis, an aide to NZF's general director, Volodymyr Tsybenko told Interfax, citing statements general director Volodymyr Kutsyn made in an interview with a local television channel.

KIEV, Oct. 29 – The forecast sharp 40% decline of foreign demand for Ukrainian products in 2009 might provoke the same sharp decline of rates of industrial production growth to almost zero, First Deputy head of Presidential Secretariat Oleksandr Shlapak said in Parliament while presenting the president's draft anti-crisis law.

KIEV, Oct. 26 - Sales of mobile phones in kind dropped 16% in January – September in Ukraine, to 5.75 million phones, AVentures Group reported.

In the monetary terms, the market fell by 4%, to $1.007 billion.

KIEV, Oct. 26 - Ukraine cut the energy intensity of its GDP by 1.3% year-on-year, to 0.8 kilograms of conventional fuel per dollar, in January through September 2007.

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.