KIEV, Sept. 20 - The largest operator on the grain and oil seed market, Grain Trading Company Holding (based in Kyiv), has doubled its oil seed processing capacity, to 600,000-650,000 tons per year through reconstructing the Kirovohrad oil-extraction plant (Kirovohradoliya) and buying the Agroexport company.

KYIV, Aug 19 - For the effective development of the assets of Naftogaz Group in Egypt, it is first of all necessary to accelerate the growth of hydrocarbon production at the Alam El Shawish East Western Desert concession area, as well as to accelerate the implementation of major infrastructure projects.

KYIV, Aug 19 – The Cabinet of Ministers has changed the formula for determining the lower level of resource's sales of National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom and Ukrhydroenergo in market segments, allowing use in calculations not the full, but the production prime cost.

KYIV, Aug 20 – Acting President of National Nuclear Generation Company Energoatom Petro Kotin and the H2 company have signed a memorandum of cooperation on the construction of a computing data center near Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Energoatom reported Thursday.

KYIV, Aug 20 – NIKO Center Kyiv LLC will deliver 126 Mitsubishi L200 pickup cars for UAH 92.462 million to the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine LLC (GTSOU) with the expected purchase amount of UAH 95.317 million, according to the ProZorro website.

KYIV, Aug 20 - Ukraine, within the framework of a memorandum with the European Union on receiving macrofinancial assistance worth up to EUR1.2 billion, pledged to transfer centralized purchases of medicines, medical devices and personal protective equipment to the state enterprise Medical Procurement, to create an independent supervisory board there, and also to conduct tenders for the selection of heads of the State Customs and State Tax Services.

KYIV, Aug 20 – Ukrspecexport, part of the Ukroboronprom State Concern, and the Turkish company Baykar Defense are developing a next generation unmanned aerial vehicle Akinci.

"The new generation strike UAV Akinci is being developed in accordance with the requirements of armed conflicts of the 21st century and is intended primarily for both Turkish and Ukrainian armed forces.

KYIV, Aug 20 – Asian smartphone brands held 85.2% of the Ukrainian smart phone market in the second quarter of 2019, according to an analytical study of the market of smartphones from Vodafone Retail, a subsidiary of the mobile operator Vodafone Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 19 – Ukrtransgaz and Moldovagaz, together with the gas transportation system operators of other countries, have agreed on the necessary technical solutions to create new import capacities based on the south-north trans-Balkan pipeline system (reverse through the Transit-1 pipeline).

KYIV, Aug 19 – Ukrtransgaz has redeployed its 9,500 employees involved in the technical operation of the gas transmission system (GTS) to its subsidiary GTS - Transmission System Operator of Ukraine LLC (TSO of Ukraine), UTG press service reported.