In January-March Zaporizhstal, a part of the Metinvest group, decreased its gas consumption by 18%, or 13.8 million cubic meters, YoY, from 75.4 million to 61.6 million cubic meters.
This allowed the company to save 41.3 million UAH.
While gas consumption in the first quarter of the current year decreased, output volumes increased by 5% YoY.
In 2013 Zaporizhstal decreased gas consumption by 29%, or around 100 million cubic meters, in comparison with 2012, from 332 million cubic meters to 236 million cubic meters. (Ukrainian metal)