KYIV, Nov 13 – A new increase in the environmental tax will not lead to an improvement in the environment, according to ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region).

According to the head of the plant's representative office in Kyiv, Volodymyr Tkachenko, some government officials are more concerned about raising funds from the environmental tax than solving real environmental problems in industrial cities.