Ukraine: steelsmelting to fall even lower
Experts expect steel output in April on the level of 1.6 million tons, with 1.5 million tons both of pig iron and rolled metal.
Experts expect steel output in April on the level of 1.6 million tons, with 1.5 million tons both of pig iron and rolled metal.
Steel production in Ukraine, hit by a separatist conflict in the East, fell by 29%, to 3.46 million tons in the first two months of 2015 compared with the same period last year.
In January Ukrainian metal companies produced 1.87 million tons of carbon steel, down by 25.2% YoY.
In January Ukrainian metal companies produced 1.87 million tons of carbon steel, down by 25.2% YoY.
In 2014 Ukrainian metal companies produced 27.16 million tons of steel, down by 16.9% YoY.
Metallurgprom association forecasts steel output on the level of 1.9 million tons in January.
In November Ukraine produced 1603 thousand tons of rolled metal, down by 2.4%, or by 39 thousand tons MoM.
According to Metinvest Group of Companies, in 2015 Ukrainian rolled metal market would shrink by 15%.