In January-September Ukrainian metallurgical companies increased steel output by 1%, to 24.847 million tons, pig iron production – by 2.5%, to 21.897 million tons, while rolled metal manufacture decreased by 1%, to 21.920 million tons, all on year on year basis.
In September steel output decreased by 4.1%, to 2.806 million tons, as compared to August, but increased by 4.2% as compared to September 2012.
In September the average daily steel output decreased to 89.7 thousand tons, while in August, July and June it was 90.5, 90.6 and 90.9 thousand tons respectively. (Ukrainian metal)