Ukraine: metal output up in May 2017

In May Ukraine produced 1.689 million tons of steel, up by 7.5% YoY. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, pig iron output increased by 10.2%, to 1.591 million tons, that of rolled metal – by 6.3%, to 1.424 million tons. Average daily steel manufacture in May was 54.5 thousand tons, up from 52.4 thousand tons in April. Average…

Ukraine: metal output down in April 2017

In April Ukraine decreased steel output by 28.6% YoY, to 1.572 million tons. Pig iron output dropped by 30.1%, to 1.443 million tons. Rolled metal production decreased by 31.9%, to 1.341 million tons. In January-April Ukraine decreased steel production by 15.8% YoY, to 6.975 million tons, pig iron by 20.1%, to 6.324 million tons, rolled…