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13.03.2008
The National Security and Defense Council intends to consider the level of freight tariffs at one of its meetings.
Deputy Industrial Policy Minister Volodymyr Severniuk announced this at a meeting at the Industrial Policy Ministry.
"The issue is being prepared for consideration at a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council," Severniuk said.
He added that the Industrial Policy Ministry and the state rail transport administration (Ukrzaliznytsia) were participating in the preparation of this issue for the meeting and that the ministry was defending the interests of manufacturers.
Severniuk was unable to specify when the National Security and Defense Council would consider this issue.
 12.03.2008
Ukraine International Airlines intends to equip five aircrafts with winglets by 2009.
The airlines made this statement, a copy of which Ukrainian News has obtained.
The first aircraft Boeing-737 equipped with winglets performed a regular flight Kyiv - Helsinki - Kyiv on March 5.
A winglet is a small nearly vertical airfoil at an airplane's wingtip that reduces drag by inhibiting turbulence.
Winglets enable saving up to 5% of fuel and reduce up to 6.5% level of noise produced when taking off and landing.
Presently the airlines' fleet consists of fifteen Boeing-737 aircrafts of different configuration.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, in 2007, Ukraine International Airlines increased transportation of passengers 41.45%, or by 0.422 million on 2006, to 1.44 million.
12.03.2008
In February 2008, industrial output grew by 11.5%, on February 2007.
The State Statistics Committee disclosed this to Ukrainian News.
industrial output rose by 4.6% in February 2008, compared to January 2008.
In January-February 2008 industrial output rose by 8.8%, compared to January-February 2007.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, in January, industrial output grew by 5.7%, on January 2007.
In 2007, industrial output rose by 10.2% compared with the year 2006.
In 2006, industrial output went up by 6.2% against the year 2005.
In 2005 industrial output rose by 3.1%, compared to 2004.
11.03.2008
The Cabinet of Ministers has set up a commission to consider proposals on construction of affordable housing.
The setting up of the commission was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers resolution No. 407 of March 5.
The commission is made up of 19 people, including Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Construction Dmytro Isaenko (the chairman of the commission), First Deputy Minister of Housing and Utility Services Orest Lototskyi, and the Ukrainian Construction Association's Executive Director Serhii Hrabar.
The Cabinet of Ministers directed the Ministry of Regional Development and Construction to draft and approve provisions on the commission within two weeks.
06.03.2008
President Bush said the United States should "get off oil" Wednesday as crude prices hit record highs and renewed his support for ethanol use despite concerns the corn-based fuel is driving up food prices and isn't more environmentally friendly than gasoline.
"We gotta get off oil, American has got to change its habits," Bush told a crowd at the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference, a meeting of global energy officials and an adjoining trade show that's the largest all-renewables show ever held in the United States. "It should be obvious to all, demand has outstripped supply, which makes prices go up."
As the conference got into its second day, crude oil on the New York mercantile exchange jumped nearly $4 on falling oil inventories, trading over $104 a barrel and setting a new all-time record.
Part of Bush's plan to wean the country off oil includes big investments in ethanol.
The energy bill passed by Congress and signed by Bush in December calls for refiners to replace 36 billion gallons of gasoline with ethanol by 2020, up from about 7 billion gallons today. About half of that will come from ethanol made with corn.
04.03.2008
The Ukrhaz-Energo joint enterprise is sure that limitation of gas supplies to Ukraine by Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom will not affect volumes of the fuel deliveries to industrial enterprises that have contracts for the fuel delivery with the JV.
Andrii Haluschak, a member of Ukrhaz-Energo's supervisory board and an adviser to the company's board chairman, has disclosed this at a press conference.
"We're confident, in no way this limitation will touch upon consumers that concluded agreements with Ukrhaz-Energo," he said.
Haluschak added, for today Ukrhaz-Energo received confirmation from Gazprom and from RosUkrEnergo on that it remains the only importer of gas to Ukraine.
29.02.2008
Experts predict that purchase interest will remain most of the companies that were interested in the previous tender for selling the Odesa Portside Plant (Odesa region) invited in 2007.
"Most of those companies submitted their bids for the Odesa Portside Plant privatization tender in 2007, possibly, will be still interested in purchasing it this year, in any case they will again file their bids to obtain the latest information on the object," Oleh Morkva, director general of the Kyiv-based asset management company Ineco-Invest, told to Ukrainian News.
In general, economist of the investment consulting department at Upras Capital (Donetsk) Daria Dzherhoian shares his opinion.
"I think those [who were interested in Odesa Portside Plant] will remain," she said.
In his turn, head of the agro-industrial complex and chemical industry department of the state information analytical centre Derzhzovnishinform Dmytro Hordiichuk supposes that Akron (Russia) might not take part in the competition.
"Maybe, Akron will not take part," he said.
As to Morkva, this year political component is very important as for the Odesa Portside Plant, so as for privatization of other major targets.
"It is necessary to find consensus in the political-legal environment, in order that all the concerned parties of the process really allow for holding this tender," he said.
As to Hordiichuk, the enterprise costs up to USD 2 billion.
"I appraise it [the plant] at USD 1.6-2 billion," he announced.
28.02.2008
Zhovti Vody-based Skhidnyi ore mining and enrichment plant, Dnipropetrovsk region, has resumed uranium concentrate exports since January 2008.
Fuel and Energy Ministry press secretary Fent Di disclosed this to Ukrainian News.
The concentrate produced from new uranium ore is exported.
According to director of the nuclear energy and industry department of the Fuel and Energy Ministry Natalia Shumkova, the uranium is exported to Urangesellschaft Mbh, Germany.
The OMEP and Urangesellschaft Mbh signed the contract on uranium delivery for the first quarter of 2008.
"[OMEP's] produce extracted in the first quarter was sold on the contract with Urangesellschaft," she said.
She did not specify the volume of the concentrate delivered.
Currently, the Skhidnyi OMEP produces about 800 tons of uranium concentrate from the produced uranium ore.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, in December 2006, state-run Ukratomprom Concern suspended uranium exports until creation of own reserve of 2.4 tons.
27.02.2008
The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers reported repayment of the 2007 natural gas debt by national joint stock company Naftohaz Ukrainy.
The Cabinet of Ministers' secretariat department for ties with the media reported this, citing First Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov.
"Naftohaz Ukrainy has repaid past year's debts today," Turchynov stated.
He noted that, despite the attempt to block gas payments through non-submission of appropriate documents and acts by the heads of the RosUkrEnergo and Ukrhaz-Energo companies, and pressure on behalf of high-ranking officials who supervise them, the government guaranteed financial support for Naftohaz Ukrainy in repayment of the debts inherited from the previous government.
On top he regretted that Ukraine had to pay billions for the debt to the mediators artificially formed by ex-governments.
 26.02.2008
Ukrainian Mobile Communications operator, which provides its services under MTS brand, is interested in buying 67.79% of shares in Ukrtelecom, Ukraine's largest telecommunications company.
Director general of Ukrainian Mobile Communications Andrii Dubovskov has announced this to the press.
"Surely yes," he said when asked about whether the company is interested in purchasing Ukrtelecom.
Dubovskov added, the state requested MTS to present its view of conditions of the competition for selling Ukrtelecom.
MTS sent its propositions to the state, in which it stressed it favours tender conditions allowing participation of the biggest players of the national and global telecommunication markets in privatization of Ukrtelecom.
Dubovskov underlined that in his information the state sent such requests to other leading mobile communications operators of Ukraine.
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