The consolidated steel output of Evraz in January-March dropped by 5.5% QoQ, to 3.3 million tons, mostly because of the decrease in pig iron production.
Coking coal manufacture increased by 6.7%, to 6 million tons, thanks to the completion of works at the Alardinskaya and Uskovskaya mines’ long faces.
Steel sales fell by 5.7%, including semi-finished products – by 16.6%.
Coal sales decreased by 10%, mostly because of unusually high sales in Q4 2017.
Coal concentrate sales grew by 9.8%, while those of iron ore products dropped by 4.3%. (Ukrainian metal)