In 2011 the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, a subsidiary of the Ukraine’s largest vertically integrated mining and steel group Metinvest, saw an 8.6% YoY increase in its crude steel production to 6.136 million tons and an an 18.4% increase in its finished steel production to 4.710 million tons.
In the given period, Ilyich produced 5.177 million tons of pig iron and 11.983 million tons of agglomerate, up by 9.5% and 7.4% respectively compared to 2010. In December 2011 the company produced 350,000 tons of finished steel, 456,000 tons of steel, 425,000 tons of pig iron and 1.005 million tons of agglomerate. (SteelOrbis)