According to the preliminary data, in 2011 Ukraine registered an 8.5% increase YoY in its finished steel product output to 30.373 million tons, a 6% increase in its crude steel output to 34.689 million tons and a 6% rise in its pig iron production to 28.879 million tons.
In the given period Ukraine saw a 26% increase in its steel pipe production to 2.213 million tons.
The country production of metallurgical coke went up by 5% YoY to 19.582 million tons, while hardware production decreased by 3% to 264,000 tons.
Delivery of scrap to metallurgical companies in Ukraine increase by 7% YoY to 6.745 million tons.
In 2011, Ukraine produced 79.418 million tons of iron ore and 65.807 million tons of iron ore concentrate both up by 3% compared to 2010.
In December 2011 Ukraine produced 2.480 million tons of finished steel products, down by 2.4% MoM, 2.759 million tons of crude steel, down by 4.1% MoM, 2.374 million tons of pig iron, down by 1.9% MoM, 163,200 tons of steel pipes, down by 11% MoM, and 1.628 million tons of metallurgical coke, up 1.6% MoM. Delivery of scrap to metallurgical companies in December 2011 decreased by 10.7% MoM to 468,000 tons. (SteelOrbis)