KIEV, May 13 ??“ The Industrial Union of Donbas reports it has held talks with the South Korean metallurgical company POSCO (Pohang Iron and Steel Co.) on cooperation and partnership in the implementation of join mining and metallurgical projects.

KYIV, April 15 – Intertop Ukraine LLC (Kyiv), Ukraine’s shoe and clothing chain, said its revenue dropped 75% during the coronavirus quarantine over the past month and the company does not expect the aituation to improve until early May.

KYIV, April 16 – Retailers in Ukraine are closing some of their stores in the facilities that refused to drop rent that may increase vacancies to 20-30% after lockdown is lifted, executives said.

KYIV, April 15 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), jointly with banks developed complete and simplified models of remote verification and customer identification for banks, the regulator said on its website on Wednesday.

KYIV, April 12 – The supply of modern weapons and military equipment to the Armed Forces is one of the ‘indisputable priorities,’ as the government plans to spend UAH 11.5 billion in 2019, Deputy Director of the Finance Department of the Defense Ministry Serhiy Vinnyk said.

KYIV, April 15 – Ukraine after the completion of the heating season increased natural gas stocks in its underground storage facilities by 144.43 million cubic meters (mcm), according to recent update from JSC Ukrtransgaz.

KYIV, April 15 – Ukraine in January-March 2019 increased electricity exports by 4.1% (by 66.2 million kWh) compared to the same period in 2018, to 1.662 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry reported.

KYIV, April 12 – Power consumption in Ukraine in January-March decreased by 2.2% (by 945.7 million kWh) compared to the same period last year, to 42.009 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry reported.

KYIV, April 12 – Ukraine in March increased generation of electricity by renewable energy facilities 1.9 times (by 195.8 million kWh) compared to March last year, to 409 million kWh.

KYIV, April 15 – Ukraine in January-March decreased exports of titanium containing ore and concentrate in kind by 6.1% compared to January-March 2018, to 138,817 tons.