Ukraine: pig iron output down in January 2016
In January Ukraine produced 1920 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 2% MoM, or by 39 thousand tons.
In January Ukraine produced 1920 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 2% MoM, or by 39 thousand tons.
Metallurgprom expects steel output in March on the level of 2 million tons, while pig iron and rolled metal output would total 2 million and 1.8 million tons respectively.
In January Ukrainian metal companies increased carbon steel output by 3.4% YoY, to 1.93 million tons.
In 2015 Ukraine produced 21878 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 11.8% YoY, or by 2939 thousand tons.
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.
In 2015 Ukraine produced 22.93 million tons of carbon steel, down by 16% YoY.
In November Ukraine produced 1853 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 10.4%, or by 216 thousand tons MoM.
In 2015 Ukrainian metal companies are expected to produce 23 million tons of steel, 22 million tons of pig iron and 20 million tons of rolled metal, all down by 15%, 11% and 16% YoY respectively.