It is reported that ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, the Ukraine-based subsidiary of the world’s largest integrated metals and mining company ArcelorMittal, has announced that due to technical issues, in January it saw a YoY decrease in output, producing 447,300 tons of crude steel, down by 16%, 389,900 tons of pig iron, down by 16%, and 422,200 tons of rolled steel products, down by 7.2% YoY.
Mr. Aleksandr Ioskov, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih’s chief operations officer, said “In January the production cutback in pig iron was caused by an agglomerate production cutback due to the overhaul repairs of two sinter machines. In return, the insufficient quantity of pig iron was followed by low production of steel and rolled steel products. One of the repairs was finished in January and in February, it allows us to increase production of agglomerate and other types of products”. (SteelOrbis)