In 2016 industrial output in Donbass (without the Anti-terrorist operation zone) increased by 6%, with December 2016 indexes up by 12.2% YoY and by 3.8% MoM.
Mining and quarry industry increased output by 7.8% YoY, metal – by 8.7%, coke – by 15.3%.
Coal mining in 2016 went up by 9.3% YoY, to 14.3 million tons. Coke output increased by 14.9% YoY, to 6.2 million tons.
Pig iron production totaled 9.6 million tons, up by 11.8% YoY.
Steel smelting increased by 9.6% YoY, to 8.8 million tons. 92.6%, or 8.1 million tons, of all steel was produced at continuous casting machines.
Rolled metal output reached 4.8 million tons, up by 17.4% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)