In January-September Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works produced 1.88 million tons of rolled metal, up by 6.1% YoY.
According to the company statement, steel output totaled 2.11 million tons, up by 2.8%, that of pig iron – 2.86 million, up by 6.6%, of pipes – 66 thousand tons, up by 52.1%, while that of sinter dropped by 10.6%, to 6.54 million tons, all YoY.
In September Ilyich produced 186 thousand tons of rolled metal, 196 thousand tons of steel, 287 thousand tons of pig iron, 841 thousand tons of sinter and 7.3 thousand tons of pipes, as opposed to 215 thousand tons, 233 thousand tons, 363 thousand tons, 793 thousand tons and 7.3 thousand tons in August respectively.
Since 2013 the company was able to decrease natural gas consumption by 69 million cubic meters, or by 40% per 1 ton of steel. (Ukrainian metal)
