KIEV, Feb. 25 – Shareholders of Donetsksteel metallurgical plant and Pokrovske coal mine, which are part of the Donetsksteel group, have decided at their general meetings to issue eurobonds worth up to $500 million.

KIEV, Feb. 26 - Italy's Eni, working in conjunction with Britain's Cadogan Petroleum, could sink a first prospecting well for shale gas in Ukraine as early as this year, according to Ecology and Natural Resources Minister Oleh Proskuriakov.

KIEV, Feb. 26 – The Cabinet of Ministers has created a working group for providing state support to mining and metal companies.

The group is headed by the deputy prime minister (in line with the distribution of functional powers), while his deputy is the economic development and trade minister, and the secretary of the group is the first deputy chairman of the state property agency.

KIEV, Feb. 26 - Ukraine will probably sign a production sharing agreement with Chevron over development of Olesska shale gas deposit by early May, Environment and Natural Resources Minister Oleh Proskuriakov said Tuesday.

KIEV, Feb. 23 - The Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities of Ukraine is intending to achieve annual natural gas savings by heating companies of at least three billion cubic meters.

KIEV, Feb. 23 – The investment made by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Ukraine in 2012 is most likely to be lower than last year, according to EBRD Director for Ukraine Andre Kuusvek.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 23 – The European Commission has said that the Ukrainian gas transportation system is among the principal routes for the supply of Russian natural gas to Europe, and has called on Ukraine to develop a long-term strategy in this area.

KIEV, Feb. 23 – Ukraine has announced tenders to sign production sharing agreements to develop the Oleske (Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk region) and Yuzovska (Kharkiv and Donetsk regions) shale gas fields.

KIEV, Feb. 24 – Parliament after a repeat second reading has passed draft law No. 9337 on the specifics of creating a state joint-stock company for public railway transport and draft law No. 9377 on amending the law of Ukraine on railways.

KIEV, Feb. 24 - Russian oil major TNK-BP plans to shut down its Lisichansk Oil Refinery in Ukraine next month because the business has remained unprofitable for the past two years, the company said in a statement Friday.