Ukraine: metal output to increase in October 2017

Ukrmetallurgprom forecasts that in October Ukraine will produce 2 million tons of steel, 1.9 million tons of pig iron and 1.7 million tons of rolled metal. In August steel output totaled 1.925 million tons, pig iron – 1.817 million tons, and rolled metal – 1.609 million tons. In January-August Ukraine decreased steel manufacture by 16%…

Ukraine: Donetsk region metal output down in January-July 2017

In January-July Donetsk region (without the antiterrorist operation zone) decreased output by 12.9% YoY. Coke output in July increased by 7% MoM, but decreased by 12.8% YoY, while metal manufacture decreased by 9.4% and by 25.9% respectively. Coal mining in 7 months totaled 6.4 million tons, down by 23.7% YoY. Pig iron output decreased by…

Ukraine: steel, rolled metal and pig iron output up in July 2017

In July Ukraine, not counting the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea, Sevastopol and the ATO zone, produced 975 thousand tons of steel (without continuous cast semi-finished products), up by 7.8% YoY and by 16.5% MoM. According to the State Statistics Service, steel output in January-July decreased by 7.3% YoY, to 6175 thousand tons. Pig iron…