In January-September, Metinvest enterprises decreased steel output by 62% YoY, to 2.668 million tons.
Pig iron manufacture dropped by 65%, to 2.473 million tons.
Metinvest produced 882 thousand tons of semi-finished products, down by 64%, due to the considerable drop in liquid pig iron manufacture. This was partially compensated for by the consolidation of billets manufacture at Kametstal (390 thousand tons).
Rolled metal output fell by 56%, to 2.35 million tons. In particular, manufacture of flat rolled metal fell by 2.917 million tons, to 1.513 million tons, because of the shut down of Mariupol plants; long rolled metal production grew by 21 thousand tons, to 809 thousand tons, rails dropped by 15 thousand tons, to 10 thousand tons, and pipes – by 84 thousand tons, to 18 thousand tons.
Metinvest enterprises decreased iron ore concentrate manufacture by 59%, to 9.704 million tons, and iron ore – by 47%, to 7.098 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)