KYIV, Aug 14 – Ukraine's metallurgical enterprises boosted natural gas consumption by 3% in January-July 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, to 1.110 billion cubic meters.

In July 2019 alone, they consumed 220 million cubic meters of natural gas, which was 47% higher than in the previous month (150 million cubic meters), the Ukrmetalurgprom Association said on Wednesday.