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Forecast: Gas for Ukraine will be $305 per 1,000 cubic meters in early 2010 Ukraine's price for gas imported inthe first quarter of 2010 will be $305 per thousand cubic meters, said chair of the National Electricity Regulatory Commission's department for oil and gas complex pricing and tariff policy Volodymyr Semenets, citing Naftogaz Ukrainy figures at a Wednesday commission meeting.
Dec 30, 2009 at 15:24 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tariff deal clears Russian oil shipments to Yuzhny MOSCOW, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Russia will export oil via the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Yuzhny without interruption next year, reversing a plan to scrap January shipments, after Moscow agreed to pay higher transit fees for deliveries via Ukraine. The deal, signed late on Monday, averts the threat of oil supply disruptions to Europe. Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneftwill supply 1.5 million tonnes of crude every quarter in 2010 to Yuzhny, spokesman Igor Dyomin said.
Dec 30, 2009 at 14:22 | Reuters
Bloomberg: Russia oil to Europe not jeopardized by Ukraine talks Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Russia will continue exporting oil to Europe even if no agreement is reached with Ukraine by Jan. 1 over proposed changes in oil transit accords, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said. “There won’t be any problem with crude shipments,” Sechin told reporters in Vladivostok today. Read the story here.
Dec 29, 2009 at 11:49
Bloomberg: Continued funding at stake in IMF mission to Ukraine The International Monetary Fund will send a mission to Ukraine after the New Year to review the country's economic program and decide whether to resume disbursement of a $16.4-billion-US loan. Read the entire artcle here.
Dec 29, 2009 at 10:24
Ukraine central bank says has reserves despite IMF standoff Ukraine's central bank has enough foreign currency reserves to manage its finances until the end of the year despite the government's failure to restart an IMF bailout programme, a senior central bank official said.
Dec 24, 2009 at 16:03 | Reuters
Fitch: CIS steel industry expected to stabilize in 2010 The CIS [Commonwealth of Independent States] steel industry is expected to stabilize in 2010, due to a forecasted slow recovery in steel volumes and stabilization in prices, the leading global ratings agency Fitch Ratings has stated in its report entitled, “2010 CIS Steel Outlook: Performance to Stabilize; Outlook Remains Challenging.” Read the story here.
Dec 23, 2009 at 09:32
Ukraine, U.S. to continue strategic partnership Washington, December 10 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The United States support Ukraine's further integration into NATO and the European Union, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.
Dec 10, 2009 at 12:01
Corruption levels increasing in Ukraine The shadow economy is worth Hr 420 billion ($52 billion), according to an article appearing on Dec. 7 in the daily "Delo" newspaper.
Dec 7, 2009 at 17:11
Ukrainian steel industry decline still slowing Ukraine's steel industry reduced finished roll output 18% year-on-year in January-November to 24.417 million tonnes, the Industrial Policy Ministry told Interfax.
Dec 1, 2009 at 17:39 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine exports 11.3 million tons of grain Ukraine has exported 11.3 million tonnes of grain since the beginning of the 2009/2010 marketing year, which started on Jul. 1, 2009 and will end on Jun. 30, 2010, which is 7% up on 2008's figure, according to the Agriculture Ministry of Ukraine.
Dec 1, 2009 at 17:16 | Interfax-Ukraine