Azovstal steel roll output in 8 months dips by 33pct YoY
Interfax reported that the Metinvest holding’s Azovstal, one of Ukraine leading steelmakers saw roll output contract 33% oY to 2.564 million tonnes in January to August 2009 compared to the same period of 2008, including 446,800 tonnes in August. Crude steel production fell 33.6% to 2.781 million tonnes in the period, pig iron output declined…