KIEV, Nov. 18 - Ukrgazvydobuvannia plans to start purchasing drilling equipment with China Development Bank credit funds in early 2017, Oleh Prokhorenko, head of the company, announced.

KEMEROVO, Nov. 17 - OJSC Koks, the flagship company of Industrial Metallurgical Holding (Koks Group), has resumed sales of coke in Ukraine in recent months and expects shipments to continue, the Russian coke and pig iron producer said in a report.

HEIDELBERG, Nov. 18 – HeidelbergCement AG, a large German producer of construction materials, has halted production at its Ukrainian-based enterprise located eastwards from Donetsk, Deutsche Welle said.

KIEV, Nov. 18 – Ukrainian power generating company Centrenergo has held preliminary talks with U.S. firm Recursion Ventures on Monday about supplies of American steam coal, Centrenergo said.

KIEV, Nov. 18 - Ukraine may transfer prepayment to Russia for the supply of the amount of gas Ukraine needs, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan told reporters in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, Nov. 17 – A contract to sell Roshen confectionery corporation, the base of the Ukrainian president's fortune, may be signed soon, President Petro Poroshenko announced.

MOSCOW, Nov. 19 – Crimean-based Chernomorneftegaz (formerly Chornomornaftogaz) is planning to boost gas production to 7 million cubic meters per day in 2015 from the current 5.3 million cubic meters, the company's CEO, Sergei Beim, said at a meeting of the State Duma Energy Committee.

KIEV, Nov. 19 – Some large producers of PVC window frames have asked the Ukrainian authorities to reject a draft law on the import duty of 0-6.5% on polyvinylchloride (PVC), as the cash cost of PVC window frames and the price of imported PVC window frames could grow, while Karpatnaftokhim LLC (Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk region), which is part of Russia's Lukoil, could become a monopolist on the market.

YUZHNOUKRAINSK (Mykolaiv region), Nov. 19 – EnergoAtom has assessed the cost of the prolongation of the operation of reactor one of Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plant at UAH 2.4 billion, EnergoAtom acting President Mykyta Konstantinov said.

KIEV, Nov. 19 – The Ukrainian banking system is ready to fulfill the key requirements of the International Monetary Fund on the reform of the financial sector that the fund has put forward for the resumption of the Stand-By Arrangement program.