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)