DNIPROPETROVSK, July 11 - Ukrainian metals companies in June increased gas consumption by 6.3% or by 16.8 million cubic meters compared to May, to 248.1 million cubic meters.

The materials prepared for a meeting of representatives of metal and mining companies in Dnipropetrovsk stated that the average daily gas consumption in June fell compared to the pervious month by 300,000 cubic meters, to 8.27 million cubic meters (in January 2013 – 9.4 million cubic meters, in February – 10.3 million cubic meters, in March – 9.6 million cubic meters, in April – 8.9 million cubic meters, in May -8.5 million cubic meters, and in 2012 – 10.6 million cubic meters on average).

"In the first six months of the year metal companies consumed 1.658 billion cubic meters of natural gas, and average daily consumption came to 9.2 million cubic meters, compared to 11.9 million cubic meters year-over-year and 10.6 million cubic meters in 2012," the report says.