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Ukraine’s steel production may increase between 3 percent to 3.5 percent next year,Interfaxreported, citing Volodymyr Vlasyuk, the head of Ukrainian PromZovnishEkspertyza Research.

Production will likely increase to 34 million metric tons in 2011 from an estimated 32.5 million metric tons this year, Vlasyuk said, according to Interfax.