KIEV, Oct. 23 - Mittal Steel Kryviy Rih intends to increase sales in Ukraine by 10% to 1.5 million tons in 2007, Vladimir Shalimov, the steel mill's domestic sales manager, told a metals forum in Kiev.

Sales on the domestic market rose 4% year-on-year in January-September 2006 to 1.05 million tons, Shalimov said. He said sales were limited at the start of 2006 due to the severe cold weather.