Ukraine: metal output down in 2019

In 2019 Ukraine produced 20.824 million tons of steel, down by 1.3% YoY. Pig iron manufacture decreased by 2.5%, to 20.054 million tons, and rolled metal – by 1.1%, to 18.16 million tons. Ukraine started decreasing output since September 2019 due to the drop in demand and price. In particular, Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works…

Ukraine: positions in world steel and pig iron rating retained in January-November 2019

Ukraine retained its 10th place in the ranking of the world’s largest pig iron producers and the 13th place in the ranking of the world’s largest steel producers in January-November, according to the World Steel Association. “Ukraine ranks 10th among 40 pig iron producing countries. Ukraine ranks 13th among 62 steel producing countries,” the Ukrmetalurhprom…

Ukraine: metal output in January-October 2019

In January-October Ukraine produced 17.96 million tons of steel, up by 2.3% YoY. Rolled metal manufacture grew by 1.8%, to 15.6 million tons, while that of pig iron remained unchanged at 17.07 million tons. In October steel output dropped by 10.5% MoM, to 1.56 million tons, rolled metal – by 2.3%, to 1.54 million tons,…