Ukraine: steel output down in 2015
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.
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-February Ukrainian metal companies produced 3.46 million tons of carbon steel, down by 29% YoY.
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 steel output in Ukraine decreased by 16.9%, or by 5508 thousand tons, to 27161 thousand tons, YoY.
Ukraine in December 2014 saw a 28.5% decline in steel output YoY, to 1.903 million tons, being the 11th in the rating compiled by the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) of the 65 main steel producing nations.
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.