KIEV, Sept. 14 - Acting Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov has yet to decide whether to go ahead or postpone auctions selling stakes in major metal companies later this year, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Yekhanurov, nominated by President Viktor Yushchenko as prime minister, met top officials at the State Property Fund Tuesday to discuss the privatizations of Kryvorizhstal and Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant, the spokesman said.