KIEV, Aug. 24 - The National Bank of Ukraine on Tuesday accused unidentified foreign speculators for staging an attack on Ukraine??™s currency market by pushing for the hryvnia??™s rapid appreciation against the U.S. dollar.

KHARKIV, Aug. 24 - Kharkiv tractor plant, also known as KhTZ, is invigorating its activity on foreign markets and is about to open its own European and Asian representative office in a European country.

KIEV, Aug. 24 ??“ An unnamed company with U.S. investment has joined Russian Aluminum (RusAl) company in taking an interest in participating in the construction of an aluminum plant in Ukraine.

MOSCOW, Aug. 24 - Ukraine's Bohdan Corporation, part of the Ukrprominvest Group, is thinking about building its own production facility in Russia, Oleksandr Dorosh, a member of the corporation's board of directors, said at a press conference on Tuesday.

KIEV, Aug. 24 - Chinese steel corporation Sinosteel is ready to invest $1 billion in the Kryvy Rih oxidized ore mining and dressing mill, Ukrainian Ambassador to China Serhiy Kamyshev said at the seventh meeting of ambassadors and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Kiev on Monday evening.

KYIV, July 23 – The State Property Fund (SPF) of Ukraine publicly presented the Large-Scale Privatization 2024 project on Tuesday and named its top five facilities: the four-star Hotel Ukraine located downtown Kyiv and Kyiv's Ocean Plaza shopping mall, the country's largest titanium ore producer United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC), the Demurinsky Mining and Processing Plant for titanium and zirconium extraction, and the aerated concrete producer Aeroc.

KYIV, July 23 – Ukrtransgaz expects an increase in gas injection by nonresidents into Ukraine's underground gas storage (UGS) facilities in August-September, announced the head of the operator, Roman Maliutin.

KYIV, July 23 – Absent new attacks, the DTEK energy holding plans to restore 60-70% of the thermal power generating facilities destroyed by Russian attacks since March of this year by October.

KYIV, July 23 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group is planning new loans totaling EUR450 million for Ukrainian energy investments, including the reconstruction of hydroelectric power plants and power grid infrastructure damaged by Russian attacks, as well as the restoration of district heating networks in Ukrainian cities.

KYIV, July 24 – The European Business Association (EBA), the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, and the Association of Tobacco Product Manufacturers Ukrtyutyun have appealed to the Verkhovna Rada to support the Cabinet of Ministers' version of bill No. 11090 on increasing the excise tax on tobacco products during its second reading.