DONETSK, Oct. 19 - Air Liquide, a French industrial gas producer, will build a new ASU-1400 air separation unit to meet the needs of Metinvest's Yenakiyeve Steel Mill at a total cost of EUR 130 million.

The new unit will enable Air Liquide to produce oxygen, nitrogen and argon for the steel mill under an outsourcing arrangement, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reported from the laying of the first foundation stone for the ASU-1400 on Thursday, October 18.