The Industrial Policy Ministry released the following data for the Ukrainian steel industry:
1. Hot metal down by 17% to 25.675 million tons.
2. Crude steel down by 20% to 29.757 million tons
3. Finished steel down by 15% to 26.888 million tons.
4. Pipes down by 34% to 1.565 million tons
5. Iron ore concentrate down by 3% YoY to 54.853 million tons.
6. Prepared iron ore fell by 13% YoY to 55.28 million tons, including pellets 20.435 million tons up by 0.1% YoY and sinter ore 34.845 million tons down by 19% YoY; crude iron ore was down 8% YoY to 65.827 million tons.
7. Coke production fell by 11% YoY to 17.38 million tons.
8. Scrap deliveries to Ukrainian steel mills were down by 21% from 2008 to 4.602 million tons in 2009. (Interfax Ukraine)
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