Metinvest plans this year to increase the loading of its plants situated in the city of Mariupol.
“This year our Mariupol plants intend to produce over 9 million tons of pig iron and 8 million tons of steel”, the group CEO Yuri Ryzhenkov said.
When the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works finishes constructing the continuous casting machine, its output will reach 1 million tons.
“Of the pig iron we produce there we will make high-quality steel”, he added.
Last year Mariupol Ilyich produced 4.164 million tons of pig iron and 3.096 million tons of steel, while Azovstal – 3.777 million tons and 4.265 million tons respectively. (Ukrainian metal)