KIEV, Dec. 23 – Despite the demise of PrivatBank, Ukraine's major ferroalloy enterprises, Nikopol and Zaporizhia ferroalloy plants, as well as Ordzhonikidze and Marhanets mining and processing enterprises (OGOK and MGOK, both based in Dnipropetrovsk region), which produce and enrich manganese ore and are part of Privat Group, continue their work in accordance with the production plan, according to a trade group official.

KIEV, Dec. 23 – Odessa Port-Side Plant is experiencing hardship today due to the unfavorable situation on the global fertilizer market, ineffective management and using of the facility for corruption purposes and for various frauds, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said.

KIEV, Dec. 23 – Etalon Corporation seeks to start supplying Tulpan 10-meter buses meeting Euro 6 emission standards designed jointly with DAF to Eastern Europe in Q3 or Q4 2017, Etalon President Volodymyr Butko said.

KIEV, Dec. 26 – Parliament has decided to increase the fee for the use of radio frequency spectrum for the needs of mobile communications in the ranges 2,300-2,400 MHz and 2,500-2,690 MHz from UAH 40.92 to UAH 3,000 per MHz.

KIEV, Dec. 23 - The Cabinet of Ministers has proposed that Parliament impose in 2015 an annual tax of UAH 25,000 on luxury cars (with a diesel engine of over 2.5 liters and with a gasoline engine of over 3 liters, and not older than five years).

KIEV, Dec. 24 – The National Bank of Ukraine, banking associations, banks with large amounts of foreign currency mortgage loans issued to individuals, and coordinators of borrowers' groups have agreed a memorandum to regulate the restructuring of consumer loans in foreign currency, the NBU said.

KIEV, Dec. 25 – Private gas producing companies consider the government's initiative to introduce increased royalties for gas production by private firms in 2015, fixed at 55% and 20% depending on the depth of gas wells, to be extremely dangerous.

TIRASPOL, Dec. 25 – The president of the unrecognized Transdniestria Moldovan Republic, Yevgeny Shevchuk, has said that the authorities are ready to provide at least Odessa region with electricity generated by Moldova's state district power plant.

KIEV, Dec. 26 – Italy's Eni and France's Electricite de France (EDF) have submitted an application for signing a production sharing agreement to develop the Foroske gas field, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky said at a press conference in Kiev.

KIEV, Dec. 26 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Russia's Gazprom have decided to move a part of payment for natural gas supplied in 2013 to March 2014, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky said.