In December 2016 Zaporizhstal produced 264.6 thousand tons of pig iron, 305.4 thousand tons of steel and 267.4 thousand tons of rolled metal, all down by 25.2%, 13.5% and 11.9% YoY respectively.
In January-December 2016 the output totaled 3600.2 thousand tons of pig iron, 3890.7 thousand tons of steel and 3367.9 thousand tons of rolled metal, down by 5.5%, 2.2% and up by 0.5% YoY respectively.
The decrease was mostly the result of the blast furnace No. 3 reconstruction in November 2016. Investments in the project totaled 1.5 billion UAH. (Ukrainian metal)