KIEV, Aug. 26 – Avlita stevedoring company is going to build a universal bulk cargo-handling complex in Sevastopol, including for handling coal.

The company's acting director general, Oleksandr Lahosha, told Interfax-Ukraine that the estimated annual capacity of the complex is 8.5 million tons, including 4 million tons of coal and 4.5 million tons of sand and crushed stone. The complex would handle vessels with tonnage of up to 140,000 tons and water draft of up to 16.5 meters (Cape Size).

KIEV, Aug. 26 – A decree of the Transport and Communications Ministry increasing tariffs on railway cargo transshipments could lead to a stoppage of Ukrainian oil refineries, Dmytro Zverev, deputy director general of TNK-BP Commerce Ltd., told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV/MOSCOW, Aug. 26 - The Kiev Economic Court will proceed with a case concerning the de-privatization of Zaporizhia Aluminum Combine (ZALK), the country's only aluminum smelter, which is owned by Oleg Deripaska's United Company RUSAL (UC RUSAL).

KIEV, Aug. 23 -- Moody's Investors Service confirmed the B3 rating for the senior unsecured loan participation notes due 2011 issued by Azovstal Capital B.V., a Dutch special purpose vehicle.

RIGA, Aug. 23 – Dnipropetrovsk-based PrivatBank, Ukraine's biggest bank in terms of total assets, may purchase banks in Britain, China and Kazakhstan soon, PrivatBank's subsidiary in Latvia (earlier Paritate banka) has reported, with reference to the director of the Ukrainian bank's department for regional development, Maksym Yaitsky.

KIEV, Aug. 23 – Companies of Donetsk-based Donbas Fuel-Energy Company (DTEK) report they increased coal extraction by 1.1% in H1 or by 79,600 tons year-on-year, to 7.59 million tons.

KIEV, Aug. 23 - Shell International Petroleum Company Ltd. and Alliance Group, Russia’s oil company, have completed the establishment of a joint venture to operate a network of approximately 150 Shell-branded retail sites in Ukraine, the companies reported Thursday.

KYIV, July 24 – The Ministry of Finance and the Deposit Guarantee Fund (DGF) on Saturday (July 22) signed a contract for the sale of 100% of the shares of the systemically important Sense Bank JSC (Kyiv, formerly Alfa-Bank) for UAH 1, according to which the bank becomes the property of the state.

KYIV, July 24 – Ireland's Ryanair, Europe's largest low-cost airline, is considering resuming a small number of flights to Ukraine before the end of this year, subject to successful negotiations by Ukraine on the partial opening of airspace, the executive director of the airline, Michael O'Leary, said.

KYIV, July 25 – The international insurance group Fairfax Financial Holdings (Canada) has increased its stake in the Ukrainian agricultural holding Ovostar (Ovostar Union) to 17.499% from 10.39%, the company announced on the Warsaw Stock Exchange on Tuesday.