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Trade and Industry Minister Amr Nassar has said that it would currently be difficult to reduce gas prices for steel factories to USD 5 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) from USD 7, the domestic press reported<\/a>. Nassar said the government is still studying the factories\u2019 request for a price cut, but that it was difficult to implement it at this point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trade and Industry Minister Amr Nassar has said that it would currently be difficult to reduce gas prices for steel factories to USD 5 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) from USD 7, the domestic press reported. 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