KIEV, Aug. 16 – Bidders for a concession of the property of state-run coal companies Rovenkiantracit and Sverdlovantracit (both based in Luhansk region) are to submit documents confirming annual coal extraction of at least two million tons in 2006-2010.

ODESSA, Aug. 16 – The State Tax Administration in Odessa region denies reports that the administration is putting pressure on private joint-stock company Stalkanat-Silur (Odessa) to assist in the illegal seizure of the company.

KIEV, Aug. 16 – Consumer inflation (December to December) in 2011 will slow to 8.9%, while this year it is expected at 13.1%.

According to the Cabinet of Ministers, the growth of prices in industry next year could slow to 11.3% (December to December), while this year the figure is expected at 14.4%.

KIEV, Aug. 16 – Ukraine’s economy, helped by strong steel prices, expanded robustly in the second quarter, the State Statistics Committee reported Monday.

KIEV, Aug. 16 – Venezuelan crude supplies to Belarus increased business at Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port of Odessa with oil handling rising 9.2% in the year through July, the port reported.

KIEV, Aug. 13 – Ukraine's State Customs Service has brought actions against four grain trading companies with foreign investment, Serna, Vitalmar Agro Ltd., Alfred C. Toepfer International (Ukraine), and Agroextra enterprise.

KIEV, Aug. 13 – The city of Kiev's overall debt, including municipal eurobonds and bank loans, is estimated at $896.6 million as of July, Standard & Poor's said in its summary on Kiev.

KIEV, Aug. 16 – The State Property Fund has confirmed the fulfillment of investment liabilities by Arcelor Mittal Kryviy Rih, the company reported.

According to the results of an August 3-5 inspection, which were signed by representatives of the fund and the administration of OSJC Arcelor Mittal Kryviy Rih, the company has fulfilled its liabilities under all clauses of the sale and purchase agreement, apart from those for which fulfillment was postponed due to financial and economic crisis, according to an annex to the agreement signed on May 14, 2009.

KIEV, Aug. 16 – Demand on foreign currency and its supply on the domestic currency market in Ukraine in August was balanced, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

KIEV, Aug. 13 – The devaluation of the hryvnia is linked to political, social and psychological instability in Ukrainian society, as there are no fundamental reasons for the weakening of the national currency to lower than UAH 8/$1, according to Oleksandr Savchenko, the deputy governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.