Ukraine: steel output down in 2015
Steel production in Ukraine, hit by a separatist conflict in the East, fell by 29%, to 3.46 million tons in the first two months of 2015 compared with the same period last year.
Steel production in Ukraine, hit by a separatist conflict in the East, fell by 29%, to 3.46 million tons in the first two months of 2015 compared with the same period last year.
In January-February Ukrainian metal companies produced 3.46 million tons of carbon steel, down by 29% YoY.
In January Ukraine produced 1720 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 3%, or by 54 thousand tons, MoM.
In January Ukrainian metal companies produced 1.87 million tons of carbon steel, down by 25.2% YoY.
In January Ukrainian metal companies produced 1.87 million tons of carbon steel, down by 25.2% YoY.
In 2014 Ukrainian metal companies produced 27.16 million tons of steel, down by 16.9% YoY.
Metallurgprom association forecasts steel output on the level of 1.9 million tons in January.
In November Ukraine produced 1636 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 1.7%, or by 28 thousand tons, MoM.