In January Ukraine decreased steel and pig iron manufacture, but increased that of rolled metal.
In particular, iron ore concentrate output grew by 3.4% YoY, to 5.46 million tons, and rolled metal – by 7.3%, to 1.68 million tons.
At the same time, sinter manufacture dropped by 3%, to 2.65 million tons, pellets – by 6.4%, to 1.77 million tons, coke – by 7.7%, to 0.83 million tons, pig iron – by 3.3%, to 1.73 million tons, steel – by 0.4%, to 1.84 million tons, and pipe products – by 33.9%, to 65.8 thousand tons.
As of February 12, 16 out of 21 blast furnaces, 8 out of 9 open-hearth furnaces, 11 out of 16 converters, 6 out of 15 electric arc furnaces and all the 15 continuous casting machines were in operation. (Ukrainian metal)