In July-September Metinvest companies decreased steel output by 42% QoQ.
In particular, Azovstal smelted 700 thousand tons of steel, Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works – 748 thousand tons, Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works – 282 thousand tons of steel, all down respectively by 420, 392 and 428 thousand tons QoQ.
Pig iron output fell by 44%: by 355 thousand tons at Azovstal, by 558 at Ilyich and by 402 thousand tons at Yenakievo, to respectively 606, 799 and 245 thousand tons.
This fall in output Metinvest explains by the decrease in supplies to Azovstal and Ilyich and the complete halt of Yenakievo due to military activities in the region. (Ukrainian metal)