YUZHNOUKRAINSK (Mykolaiv region), Nov. 19 – EnergoAtom has assessed the cost of the prolongation of the operation of reactor one of Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plant at UAH 2.4 billion, EnergoAtom acting President Mykyta Konstantinov said.

KIEV, Nov. 19 – The Ukrainian banking system is ready to fulfill the key requirements of the International Monetary Fund on the reform of the financial sector that the fund has put forward for the resumption of the Stand-By Arrangement program.

CAIRO, Nov. 16 - Egypt, the world's largest importer of wheat, will remove Ukraine from the list of its wheat suppliers next year, as Kiev has announced plans to halt exports as of December 1, 2012, according to Egypt's General Authority for Supply Commodities.

KIEV, Nov. 16 - Metinvest, Ukraine's largest mining and metallurgical holding, is showing interest in the acquisition of Slovakia-based U.S. Steel Kosice, according to the Slovak Hospodarske noviny (HN) media outlet.

KIEV, Nov. 19 – The National Ecological Centre of Ukraine (NECU) calls on Ukrainian authorities not to give up participation in the second commitment period of the Kyoto protocol.

KIEV, Nov. 19 – Ukraine has sent a proposal to the Shah Deniz consortium to use the Ukrainian gas transportation system and underground gas storage facilities for gas deliveries to Europe, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko said on Inter television channel on Friday.

KIEV, Nov. 19 - Ukraine will import 26 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Russia in 2012, less than the 27 billion cu m originally expected, because of high gas prices, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko said.

KIEV, Nov. 19 – In a desperate attempt to prop up the local currency, the National Bank of Ukraine used its recently gained powers to introduce regulation forcing exporters to sell half of their hard currency earnings for hryvnias.

KIEV, Nov. 18 – Swedish companies Ecoenergy and Biogasprom have started building a facility in Donetsk which will burn garbage to generate heat and electricity.

The construction site is located in a industrial zone in the city, which is 1.5 km from the nearest residential houses and close to an operating electricity substation, reads a posting on Donetsk Mayor Oleksandr Lukianchenko's Web site.

KIEV, Nov. 18 – Ukraine has prepared about 50 energy-saving and energy-efficiency projects which could be financed by the European Commission, Deputy Prime Minister Hryhoriy Nemyria said at in Kiev on Wednesday during a roundtable entitled "Ukraine-EU: Common Energy Challenges and Prospects."