KIEV, Nov. 16 – Japan, the world's largest maize importer, has made its largest purchase of European-produced maize as an alternative to U.S. supplies, having bought a large batch in Ukraine, according to Bloomberg.
KIEV, Nov. 16 – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has said that melange, a liquid oxidizer for liquid-fuel rockets, has been removed from the western and central regions of Ukraine.
KIEV, Nov. 16 – The Ukrainian Environment and Natural Resources Ministry is planning to complete a program to remove obsolete pesticides and herbicides from the country by the start of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship (by June 2012).
KIEV, Nov. 16 – Ukraine's Parliament has ratified a financial agreement entitled "European Roads Ukraine II", signed between Ukraine and the European Investment Bank on a EUR 450 million loan for the repair and upgrade of highways radiating from Kiev.
KIEV, Nov. 17 - Ukraine’s largest steel and mining group Metinvest completed a transaction to acquire majority control over Illych Metallurgy Company, the country’s No. 2 steelmaker, the group reported Wednesday.
KIEV, Nov. 15 – The net inflow of foreign direct investment in Ukraine January through September 2010 was $2.547 billion, which was 14.3% down on the same period last year, the State Statistics Committee reported.
KIEV, Nov. 17 – China's Hongxin industrial Group Co. plans to invest $500 million of its own and raised funds in the realization of a project to develop the Velykotokmakske manganese ore field (Stepnohirsk, Vasylivsky District in Zaporizhia region).
KIEV, Nov. 17 – The expected issue of a $1.6 billion second tranche under Ukraine's Stand-By Arrangement with the IMF will be an additional stability factor, according to bankers polled by Interfax-Ukraine.
KIEV, Nov. 17 – Ukraine could receive a second tranche from the International Monetary Fund by late 2010 under the Stand-By Arrangement, IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine Max Alier said at the Ukrainian Banking Forum annual conference, held by the Adam Smith Institute in Kiev.
