In 2015 major Ukrainian companies produced 852.4 thousand tons of pipes, down by 39.4% YoY. In December 2015 pipe output totaled 75.4 thousand tons, with 69.7 thousand tons in November.
Khartsyzsk Pipe Works, situated in the ATO zone, produced 67 thousand tons of pipes, down by 71.9% YoY. In July-September the works was idle, producing 0.7 thousand tons of pipes in October, only to stand still in November-December.
Interpipe-NTZ produced 166.4 thousand tons of pipes, down by 44.9% YoY, with 17.5 thousand tons in December 2015, Interpipe NMTZ – 100.4 thousand tons (10.5 thousand tons), down by 23.5%, Interpipe Niko Tube – 244.2 thousand tons (21.5 thousand tons), down by 38.4%, while Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works increased its pipe output by 2.2% YoY, to 59.9 thousand tons (6.3 thousand tons).
Lugansk Tube Plant was idle all year long.
Kominmet saw its pipe output fall by 9.6% YoY, to 178.4 thousand tons (15 thousand tons in December 2015), with Centravis production down by 11.9% YoY, to 19.2 thousand tons of stainless pipes (1.5 thousand tons).
AG Stal was also idle in 2015, while in 2014 it produced 21.3 thousand tons of pipes.
Dniepropetrovsk Tube Works produced 11.2 thousand tons of pipes, down by 65.1% YoY. In May-August 2015 it was idle, but produced 0.7 thousand tons of pipes in October, 1.8 thousand tons in November and 2.7 thousand tons in December. (Ukrainian metal)