Most Ukrainian steel majors reduced finished roll production in January to June 2012.
ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih, the country’s biggest steel mill, raised roll production tentatively by 14.1% YoY to 3.581 million tons. But Azovstal Iron and Steel Works said it reduced roll output 22.5% YoY to 2.847 million tons, Zaporizhstal reduced it by 3.1% to 2.068 million tons and the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works reduced it by 11.6% to 2.28 million tons.
Alchevsk Iron & Steel Works, a member of the Industrial Union of Donbass (IUD) group, cut roll output by 10.2% YoY to 2.241 million tons, while IUD’s Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky boosted it by 9.7% to 2.151 million tons. (Interfax)