Ukrainian steel majors cut finished steel output in H1 2012

Most Ukrainian steel majors reduced finished roll production in January to June 2012.
ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih, the country biggest steel mill, raised roll production tentatively by 11.3% YoY to 2.626 million tones. But Azovstal Iron and Steel Works said it reduced roll output by 21.8% YoY to 2.203 million tons, Zaporizhstal reduced it by 2.8% to 1.545 million tons and the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works reduced it by 6.4% to 2.27 million tons.
The Alchevsk Iron & Steel Works, a member of the Industrial Union of Donbass group, cut roll output by 9% YoY to 1.711 million tons, while Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after Dzerzhinsky (also belonging to the IUD) boosted it by 9.1% to 1.663 million tons.
Ukraine’s steel industry produced 14.962 million tons of finished roll in January to June 2012, down by 7% YoY. Crude steel production fell by 3% to 16.939 million tons, but pig iron production rose by 2% to 14.521 million tons. (Interfax)