Metinvest increases steel production by 78% in 9 months
Metinvest, the largest Ukrainian vertically integrated steel and mining group, reported on November 11 that it upped steel output to 10.98 million tons in nine months of 2011, equating to a 78% YoY increase.The primary driver for the latter was the acquisition of the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works and its finalized integration with…