In August Ukrainian metal companies increased natural gas consumption by 10 million cubic meters MoM, to 140 million cubic meters.
Average daily gas consumption increased by 0.3 million cubic meters, to 4.5 million cubic meters.
In January-August metal companies consumed 1.2 billion cubic meters of gas, up by 2% YoY. Average daily consumption was 4.7 million cubic meters against 4.6 million cubic meters in 8 months of 2016.
Electricity consumption in 8 months dropped by 12% YoY, to 7.5 billion kW-h. (Ukrainian metal)