In the January-February period of the current year, Ukraine-based Azovstal, a subsidiary of Ukraine's largest vertically-integrated mining and steel group Metinvest, saw a 23.6 percent decrease in its crude steel production to 727,000 mt, a 26.2 percent decline in its finished steel production to 679,000 mt and a 22.2 percent decrease in its pig iron output to 633,000 mt.
In February alone, Azovstal produced 331,000 mt of crude steel, 291,000 mt of finished steel, and 292,000 mt of pig iron.