In January-November Ukrainian metal companies increased steel output by 0.6%, to 30,02 million tons, pig iron output – by 1.8%, to 26,637 million tons and decreased rolled metal output by 0.1%, to 26,625 million tons, YoY.
In November steel smelting decreased compared to October by 2.5%, to 2.554 million tons, and by 4.9% compared to November 2012.
In November the average daily steel smelting increased for the first time in 5 months to 85.1 thousand tons.
In June-October the figures were 90.9, 90.6, 90.5, 89.7 and 84.5 thousand tons respectively. (Ukrainian metal)