CIS: steel output down in May 2017

In May Russia produced 5.953 million tons of steel, down by 1.5% YoY. In January-May steel output in Russia totaled 29.835 million tons, up by 2% YoY. Ukraine decreased steel output in May by 25.5% YoY, to 1.689 million tons. In 5 months steel output decreased by 15.8% YoY, to 8.91 million tons. Kazakhstan produced…

CIS: steel output up in January 2017

In January metal companies from CIS-countries produced 8.935 million tons of steel, up by 11.4% YoY. Ukraine increased steel output by 8.5%, to 2.103 million tons, and occupies the 10th position in the world steel manufacturers list. Russia is on the 5th position with 6.183 million tons of steel, up by 11.6%. All the other…