In January-June Metinvest produced 3.923 million tons of steel and 4.008 million tons of pig iron, up by 3% but down by 7% YoY respectively.
Coke manufacture dropped by 7%, to 2.48 million tons.
In Q2 steel output increased by 2% QoQ, to 1.982 million tons, and pig iron – by 5%, to 2.051 million tons, but that of coke decreased by 5%, to 1.211 million tons.
The manufacture of semi-finished steel products in Q2 increased by 31% QoQ, to 815 thousand tons, but decreased by 12% YoY in H1, to 1.439 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)