KIEV, Jan. 24 - Interpipe Corp., Ukraine??™s biggest producer of steel pipes, plans to shift much of its operation to services sector, Maksym Beliachenko, a company official, said Monday.

KIEV, Jan. 24 ??“ Energy Company of Ukraine, the national power grid, plans to boost export capacity of Burshtyn cogeneration plant by 100 megawatt by 2007 and to improve the reliability of its operations, the company said.

KIEV, Jan. 24 ??“ Ukraine??™s Antonov Airlines, the second largest heavy cargo airline in the world, will start in March working within a new contract with NATO for cargo shipments, a company official said.

LONDON, Jan. 24 - Fitch Ratings, the international ratings agency, today upgraded Naftogaz of Ukraine's Senior Unsecured rating to BB- (BB minus) from B+.

KREMENCHUK, Jan. 24 ??“ Ukraine??™s plans to pull its troops out of Iraq will not affect AutoKraz Holding Company??™s plans to export trucks to that country, Interfax-Ukraine cited a top company official as saying.

KYIV, Dec 21 – Ukraine in 2021 has a record harvest of grain, legumes and oilseeds of 106 million tons: cereals and legumes – 84 million tons and oilseeds – 22.6 million tons, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Roman Leschenko said on Facebook.

KYIV, Dec 21 – If a new mechanism for calculating royalty for manganese ore extraction in Ukraine is adopted in accordance with bill No. 6345-1, the corresponding deductions from Pokrov (previously Ordzhonikidze) and Marhanets Mining and Processing Plants (both located in Dnipropetrovsk region) can reach UAH 0.5-1.1 billion per year, while now they amount to UAH 120-160 million.

HUTA, Dec 21 – With the introduction of the Nazovni system, due to which Ukrainian companies will have convenient access to new opportunities in foreign markets, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will fully digitize the policy of economic diplomacy, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has said.

KYIV, Dec 22 - Ukraine will be able to import daily 8 million cubic metres of gas from the European market via Hungary from January, Ukraine's state operator of gas transmission said on Wednesday after signing an agreement with the Hungarian operator FGSZ, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Dec 21 – The gas transmission system operators of Ukraine and Hungary – LLC Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) and FGSZ – on Friday signed an inter-operator agreement on points of interconnection between the countries, which will enter into force on January 1, 2020.