Ukraine: metal output in February 2016
In February Ukraine produced 1.97 million tons of steel, up by 1.7% MoM.
In February Ukraine produced 1.97 million tons of steel, up by 1.7% MoM.
In January Donetsk region witnessed a slight decrease of metal output – by 0.1%, with coke output down by 9%, all MoM.
In January Ukraine produced 1689 thousand tons of rolled metal, up by 1.3% MoM, or by 22 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.
Ukrainian metal industry is losing currency due to the metal exports decrease.
In January Ukrainian metal companies increased carbon steel output by 3.4% YoY, to 1.93 million tons.
In 2015 Ukraine produced 20016 thousand tons of rolled metal, down by 15.7%, or by 3735 thousand tons YoY.
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.