KIEV, July 24 – Ukraine’s steel consumption will double within the next six years to about 15 million metric tons annually, Andriy Parkhomchuk, sales director at Metinvest, the country’s largest mining and steel conglomerate, said.

Ukraine’s steel production at te same time will increase to 50 million tons in 2012, up from about 40 million tons in 2006, Parkhomchuk of Metinvest’s steel and rolling division, said.