In January-August, Ukrainian metal companies decreased natural gas consumption by 6.1% YoY, to 1.31 billion cubic meters.
Electricity consumption grew by 4.4%, to 7.67 billion kW-h.
Last year, gas consumption went up by 4.4%, to 1.88 billion cubic meters, while electricity consumption dropped by 0.6%, to 11.1 billion kW-h. (Ukrainian metal)