Ukraine: pig iron output up in August 2015
In August Ukraine produced 1927 thousand tons of pig iron, up by 4.5% MoM, or by 83 thousand tons.
In August Ukraine produced 1927 thousand tons of pig iron, up by 4.5% MoM, or by 83 thousand tons.
In January-August the volume of the industrial products in Donetsk region (without the antiterrorist operation zone) decreased by 45% YoY. In August output dropped by 4%. In particular, metal production decreased by 3.5%, that of coke – by 1.6%.
Metallurgprom forecasts the steel output on the level of 1.9 million tons in October. Rolled metal and pig iron manufacture are expected at 1.8 million tons and 1.9 million tons respectively.
For the first time since the beginning of 2014 Ukrainian metal sector has shown some rise. August results confirm the first half-year trend in output increase. In August Ukrainian companies produced 9% more steel, than a year ago.
In January-August Ukrainian metal companies produced 15.04 million tons of steel, down by 24% YoY.
In July Ukraine (without the temporary occupied Crimea and a part of the Anti-terrorist operation zone) produced 888 thousand tons of steel (without continuous casting semi-finished products), down by 20% YoY.
In June Ukraine produced 1830 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 5.3%, or by 102 thousand tons MoM.
Ukraine to produce 2.2 million tons of steel in August, Metallurgprom said.