Ukraine's steelmakers increase gas consumption by 10% in 2017

In December 2017, the country's steelmakers raised gas consumption by 15% compared to November 2017, to 190 million cubic meters, the report said.

Electricity consumption in 2017 stood at 11.5 billion kWh, which was 11% down from 2016, the association said.

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