In March Ukrainian metal makers produced 2.2 million tons of steel, up by 30% YoY and 12% MoM. That is the highest result since July 2014 when the escalation of the military activity in Donbass dropped steel output by 28% MoM.
In the first quarter of 2016 Ukraine produced 6.11 million tons of carbon steel, up by 18.6% YoY.
In January-February Donetsk region (without the Anti-terrorist operation zone) increased output by 10.1% YoY.
In February Ukraine produced 1.97 million tons of steel, up by 1.7% MoM.
In January Donetsk region witnessed a slight decrease of metal output – by 0.1%, with coke output down by 9%, all MoM.
In January Ukrainian metal companies increased carbon steel output by 3.4% YoY, to 1.93 million tons.
In 2015 Donetsk region (without the anti-terrorists operation zone) industrial production decreased by 34.7% YoY.
Metallurgprom believes Ukraine will produce 1.8 million tons of steel, 1.5 million tons of rolled metal and 1.8 million tons of pig iron in February.
