In January-September Ukraine increased rolled metal output by 6% YoY, to 13.844 million tons.
Steel manufacture grew by 4%, to 15.767 million tons and pig iron – by 9%, to 15.288 million tons.
In September Ukraine produced 1.657 million tons of pig iron, down by 3.7% MoM, 1.787 million tons of steel (on par) and 1.57 million tons of rolled metal, up by 3%. (Ukrainian metal)