KIEV, May 30 - ISTIL (Ukraine) mini steel mill, which since April 2008 has been part of Estar Holding, has submitted documents to the National Electricity Regulatory Commission of Ukraine to receive a permit to import 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year under a non-regulated tariff.

Chief power engineering specialist at the mill, Hennadiy Andreyev, said during a meeting of the commission on May 29 that the mill plans to import natural gas from Russia: some of gas to use for its own needs, and some to sell to Ukrainian consumers.