Ukrainian steel production plummets by 34pct to 39pct in H1
Thursday, 02 Jul 2009
According to industrial Policy Ministry, Ukrainian steel production plummets by 34% to 39% in H1. As per report Ukraine's steel industry reduced finished roll output 34% YoY in January to June to 12.354 million tones.
The ministry told Interfax that crude steel production plummeted 39% to 13.615 million tonnes and pig iron fell 35% to 11.976 million tonnes and the country produced 728,000 tonnes of steel pipes down by 43% YoY.
Iron ore concentrate production fell 27% to 23.577 million tonnes; prepared iron ore fell 31% to 25.543 million tonnes including pellets 22% to 8.985 million tonnes and sinter ore 35% to 16.558 million tonnes and crude iron ore 30% to 28.29 million tonnes.
Ukrainian coke production fell 26% to 8.28 million tonnes. Metalware production fell 50% to 99,000 tonnes.
Scrap deliveries to Ukrainian steel mills were down 45% from January to June last year to 1.926 million tonnes.
