Metinvest Group of Companies forecasts the decrease of its output in 2014 by 10% from the planned volumes.
According to the Metinvest CEO Yuri Ryzhenkov, in the second half of 2014 the output fall at all metal works of the group, including Zaporizhstal, is already around 20%.
Metinvest companies in the Anti-terrorist operation zone, which halted in August-September, are now working at lowered volumes. For example, the Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works is working at around 30% of its capacities.
Metinvest plans to load the capacities of Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works upto 70%. (Ukrainian metal)