KIEV, Aug. 19 – The Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has said that the harvesting of early grain crops from 10.1 million hectares has been finished and 36.7 million tons of grain has been threshed with an average yield of 36.2 centners per hectare.

KIEV, Aug 19 - Immediate losses from the ongoing combat activities in Donetsk and Luhansk regions have cost the government UAH 16 billion, or about $1.2 billion, Finance Minister Oleksandr Shlapak said.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – RusAl has halted production of aluminum rod at Zaporizhia Production Aluminum Combine (ZALK, part of Rusal's aluminum division).

KIEV, Aug. 19 - After the Vojany-Uzhgorod gas pipeline goes fully on line, Ukraine will be able to get over 50% of the gas it needs from the European Union, said Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – Rapeseed planting in Ukraine remains economically justifiable, despite the fall in the prices of rapeseeds due to the record rapeseeds and soybean harvest this year, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting Chairman Ihor Burakovsky said.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – TekhNova LLC (Kiev) and PJSC Energoinvest Holding (Donetsk) will participate in a tender for the privatization of a 60.773% stake in power generating company PJSC Donbasenergo scheduled for August 21, the State Property Fund announced.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – The fall in the demand for foreign exchange and the growth of public incomes resulted in an increase in the volume of cash in circulation in the first half of 2013, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plant as a part of the scheduled overhaul of reactor three will install a Westinghouse fuel assembly check and repair stand, the plant reported.

KIEV, Aug. 20 - Industrial production in Ukraine in July shrank by 4.9% compared to July 2012, which was better than in June 2013 and May 2013, when the decline in industrial production was 5.7% and 9.3%, respectively, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, Aug. 20 - The local council in Ivano-Frankivsk region on Tuesday rejected a shale gas production sharing agreement (PSA) with Chevron amid concerns over the project’s impact on the environment.