According to the data, issued by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, in 2012 Ukraine registered an 11.9% decrease in its finished steel product output to 26.819 million tons, a 6.6% decrease in its crude steel output to 32.394 million tons and a 1.3% decline in its pig iron production to 28.513 million tons all on year on year basis.
In the given period Ukraine saw a 9.4% decrease in its steel pipe production to 2.014 million tons.
The country’s production of metallurgical coke went down by 3.3% YoY to 18.931million tons.
In 2012, Ukraine produced 66.379 million tons of iron ore concentrate and 22.313 million tons of iron ore pellets, up by 0.9% and down by 0.2% respectively compared to 2011.
In December 2012 Ukraine produced 2.073 million tons of finished steel products, down by 5.1% MoM, 2.566 million tons of crude steel, down by 4.5% MoM, 98,800 tons of steel pipes, down by 30.9% MoM and 1.523 million tons of metallurgical coke, up by 1.9% MoM. (SteelGuru)