KIEV, Oct. 16 - Ukrainian and international experts that participate in the preparation of a consensus forecast for the Ukrainian Economics Ministry have improved their estimates for Ukraine's economic growth this year: in October their average forecast for Ukraine's GDP growth in 2006 amounted to 5.9%, compared to 2.6% in June.

KIEV, Oct. 16 ??“ The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is ready to lend EUR400 million in 2007 for the implementation of energy saving projects in Ukraine, Deputy Energy and Fuel Minister Oleksiy Sheberstov said during a roundtable meeting on energy saving in Kiev.

KIEV, Oct. 16 ??“ Pressured by projected shortfalls, the Agriculture Ministry has unveiled the quotas the government has introduced until the end of the current year on the export of wheat, barley, maize and rye.

KIEV, Oct. 14 ??“ Ukrainian cement enterprises in September increased production by 17% compared with September 2004, and by 10.9% over the year so far.

KYIV, Sept 13 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has raised its forecast for the wheat crop in Ukraine in the 2024/2025 marketing year (MY, July 2024/June 2025) by one million tons, or 7.1%, to 15 million tons.

KYIV, Sept 13 - Inhulets Mining and Processing Plant (Inhulets, Kryvy Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region), part of the Metinvest mining and metallurgical group, is standing idle due to high electricity prices.

KYIV, Sept 13 - The mining and metallurgical group Metinvest is currently unable to increase production volumes at Zaporizhstal metallurgical plant due to a shortage of workers, the holding's CEO Yuriy Ryzhenkov said in an interview with Forbes-Ukraine.

KYIV, Sept 13 – Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided more than EUR 1 billion to support the Ukrainian energy sector, representing more than 20% of the total investment in the Ukrainian economy of EUR 4.6 billion by the bank.

KYIV, Sept 16 – Ukraine should prioritize three key areas: the extraction and processing of titanium, uranium, and graphite, according to Yehor Perelyhin, head of United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC). This company manages the Vilnohirsk Mining and Metallurgical Plant (Dnipropetrovsk region) and the Irshansk Mining and Processing Plant (Zhytomyr region).

KYIV, Sept 16 – The real growth of Ukraine's gross domestic product in 2024 will slow down to 3.6% from 5.3% in 2023, according to the forecast given by First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko at the event "Economic Policy of Ukraine. Reconstruction during the War" in Kyiv on Monday.