Beten of France to Build Solar Plant in Ukraine

Beten International, a French engineering company, plans to build a solar-power plant in southern Ukraine this year, Interfax-Ukraine reported. Beten intends to open the first 3-megawatt unit before 2013, the newswire said, citing the head of the company’s local division,...
27.03.2012

Deal on Free Trade Area with CIS to be Ratified after Minor Procedural Matters

Kyiv will ratify its agreement on a free trade area with the CIS after the settlement of "minor procedural matters," Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said. "We have to tackle very small issues that need to be regulated and, of course, the agreement will be ratified. As soon as we...
27.03.2012

Ukraine Joins World's Top 5 Space Countries

Ukrainian State Space Agency informed that in 2011 Ukraine joined China, the EU, Russia, and the USA becoming one of the top five space rocket launching countries in the world. Since 1991 Ukraine grew into a significant player in the field of space industry, having launched 125 rockets and...
27.03.2012

Ferrexpo to Increase Iron Ore Production

Ukrainian iron ore producer Ferrexpo has committed itself to raising output by a third to 12m tonnes a year, to feed growing demand in China and compete for other waterborne trade into Europe and beyond. The FTSE 250 company, which listed in London five years ago but is still controlled by...
27.03.2012

Glencore Purchase of Ukraine’s Kolos Is Cleared, Izvestia Says

Ukraine’s antitrust committee gave the go-ahead for Swiss company Glencore International Plc to acquire more than 50 percent of CHAO Kolos, an oilseed crusher and fats producer, Ekonomicheskie Izvestia newspaper reported, without citing anyone.   Bloomberg (...
22.03.2012

ArcelorMittal’s Ukraine Unit Increases Production in January

ArcelorMittal (MT)’s Ukrainian unit said steel production rose by 22.7 percent in January from the same month a year earlier.   Production jumped to 549,200 metric tons from 447,300 tons in January 2010, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, based in the Ukrainian city of that name, said in...
22.03.2012

Ukrainian PM vows to improve business environment

Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov pledged to improve the country`s business climate in 2012 as the government steps up efforts to reduce administrative barriers and fees to start-up. "The authorities must do their best to make the business environment in Ukraine more comfortable. We...
22.03.2012

Ukrainian Capital to Attract USD 1.5 Billion in Investments

The Head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration Anatoliy Prysyazhnyuk signed a number of international cooperation and investment agreements that secure USD 1.5 billion investments in the Kyiv region. The respective memorandums were inked at the International Investment Forum that marked the...
22.03.2012
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