Ukraine's steelmakers increase gas consumption by 10% in Nov

The Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises increased the consumption of natural gas by 10% in November 2017 from October 2017, to 165 million cubic meters, the Ukrainian steelmakers' association Ukrmetprom told UNIAN.

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The enterprises over the 11 months consumed a total of 1.6 billion cubic meters of gas, which accounted for 103% against the figure posted at the same period in 2016.

Electricity consumption over the period under review stood at 10.5 billion kWh, which was 11% down year-over-year (y-o-y) the association said.

Read alsoUkraine cuts steel output in Oct, retains 13th place in WSA's ratingAs UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine's iron and steel plants reduced natural gas consumption by 14% in 2016 against 2015, to 1.74 billion cubic meters, whereas electricity consumption rose by 4%, to 12.9 billion kWh.

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