KYIV, Aug 19 – Ukrainian companies increased the consumption of steel by 9.99% on the year to 2.54 million metric tons in January-July, according to Ukrmetallurgprom, a steel making industry association.

KYIV, Aug 19 – Ukrainians' Consumer Confidence Index (CCI), which in June dropped by 11.2 points, increased by 1.7 points, to 66.7 in July in a 200-point scale, according to the website of Info Sapiens research agency.

KYIV, Aug 17 - Enterprise with foreign investments McDonald's Ukraine Ltd. (Kyiv), which develops the American chain of McDonald's fast food restaurants in Ukraine, has introduced the option of full table service in a restaurant at Pivdenny Railway Station in Kyiv, which became the fifth establishment of the new format.

KYIV, Aug 17 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in August improved the forecast for maize crop in Ukraine in 2018 by one million tons compared to the July forecast, to 31 million tons.

KYIV, Aug 17 - The only shareholder of PJSC Druzhkivka Ore Mining and PJSC Vohnetryvrud (both based in Donetsk region), controlled by System Capital Management (SCM) through its subsidiary Vesco Limited (Cyprus), has decided to pay a total of UAH 407.453 million in dividends.

KYIV, Aug 16 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will consider a loan worth up to EUR 150 million for LLC SyvashEnergoProm, a subsidiary of Norway's NBT, for the construction of a 250 MW wind farm in Kherson region, the lender said on its website.

KYIV, Aug 16 – Metinvest Group has officially announced it has bought up to 24.99% stake in Donetsksteel's coking coal producers for about $190 million.

KYIV, Aug 16 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has introduced requirements to ensure resilience of the banks following their stress testing as part of the annual resilience assessment in 2018, according to a report on the central bank's website.

KYIV, Aug 16 - The European Business Association (EBA) insists on the need to put bills on the right to choose a bank for getting wages on the agenda of the next session at the parliament.

KYIV, Aug 16 – Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Ihor Rainin has discussed practical steps to accelerate the signing of a free trade agreement between the two countries with Minister of Environmental Protection, Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Minister of Israel Zeev Elkin.