KIEV, June 15 ??“ Kiev??™s XXI Century Developing Company announced it is to build the Petrovka business center at Moskovsky Avenue near the Petrovka subway station.

KIEV, June 15 - The production cost of biodiesel fuel made from rape in Ukraine is higher than oil-based diesel fuel, according to experts interviewed by Interfax-Ukraine during an Alternative Fuel and Energy Efficiency international conference in Kiev.

KIEV, June 15 - The board of UkrTatNafta, which exploits the Kremenchuk oil refinery in Poltava region, has decided to hold another general shareholder meeting on July 30 on request of the national Naftogaz Ukrayiny, a company shareholder.

KIEV, June 15 - Exports of weapons by Ukraine in 2006 were estimated at $133 million, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

KIEV, June 15 - Ferrexpo plc, which controls Poltava GOK, Ukraine's biggest producer of iron ore pellets, has set the price of its shares in an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) at 140 pence per share, which would put the company's capitalization at 848 million pounds sterling ($1.671 billion), the company said.

KIEV, June 16 ??“ Ukraine??™s Finance Ministry paid $38.25 million on the latest coupon of 10-year Eurobonds issued in 2003, the ministry's press service said.

KIEV, June 16 ??“ Ukrainian Mobile Communications, or UMC, Ukraine's No. 2 cell phone company, boosted net profit 7% to $62 million in January through March, according to U.S. GAAP standards, the company reported Thursday.

KIEV, June 16 ??“ Ilta Company, the official importer of Peugeot cars to Ukraine, intends to invest $15 million into the development and promotion of the brand in 2006.

KIEV, June 16 ??“ Ukrtelekom, the national phone company, and two Ukraine??™s largest cell phone operators, UMC and Kyivstar, have been reporting the biggest revenue on the phone market in the country, analyst said.

KIEV, June 15 ??“ Five companies, led by Siemens of Germany, submitted preliminary bids to buy a 76% stake in Luhanskteplovoz, Ukraine??™s only manufacturer of locomotives, State Property Fund Chairwoman Valentyna Semeniuk said.