KIEV, Sept. 18 – Dutch Damen Shipyards and Smart Maritime Group (SMG), which is part of Smart-holding, are studying the joint organization of the production of military and patrol vessels for the Ukrainian Navy at facilities in Ukraine, Head of the SMG supervisory board, Pavlo Konstantinov, has told Interfax-Ukraine, commenting on the agreement to create a Ukrainian-Dutch working group on stirring up cooperation in shipbuilding between Ukraine and Damen Shipyards during the Ukrainian premier's visit to The Hague.

KIEV, Sept. 18 - Industrial production in Ukraine shrank by 5.4% in August compared to August 2012, which was worse than in July 2013, when the decline in industrial production was 4.9%, but better than in May and June 2013, when the decline was 5.7% and 9.3%, respectively, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, Sept. 18 – A decision on the further exploitation of Westinghouse fuel at reactor three of Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plant will be made after the fuel is checked at the fuel assembly inspection and repair stand, said Mykhailo Hashev, the senior inspector of Ukraine's State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation.

KIEV, Sept. 18 – Ukrainian iron pellet producer Ferrexpo paid $80 million for a stake in unlisted Brazilian miner Ferrous Resources, as the firm takes its first step outside Ukraine, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Sept. 17 – The U.S. company Boeing within the next 10 days will submit to Ukraine proposals on the sale of its flight simulators for training, Infrastructure Minister Borys Kolesnkov said.

ZURICH/BASEL, Sept. 17 – Kiev ranked 69th and Moscow 41st in a comparison of purchasing power around the globe published by Swiss bank UBS on September 14, 2012, while Zurich is first, Sydney is second and Luxemburg is third.

KIEV, Sept. 18 – Ukrtransnafta is preparing to sharply cut the workforce at the Pivdenny sea oil terminal (Odessa region) from November 21, a source at the company told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 18 – The Economic Development and Trade Ministry has proposed the sale scrap ferrous metal export quotas, set in line with the balance of demand and consumption on the domestic market, at electronic auctions.

The relevant changes could be made to the law on scrap metal, the ministry said in comments on a draft law posted on its Web site.

KIEV, Sept. 16 – The government late on Thursday submitted a 2012 draft national budget to Parliament with a revenue target of UAH 337.56 billion and a deficit of UAH 24.13 billion.

KIEV, Sept. 16 - Ukraine's Metinvest holding announced it has won a tender called by Turkmenistan's national gas producer Turkmengaz and will supply 150,000 tons of pipe to be produced by Khartsyzsk Tube Works for the East-West gas pipeline project.