In 2014, Ukraine-based Azovstal, a subsidiary of Ukraine's largest vertically-integrated mining and steel group Metinvest, saw a 19.5 percent decrease in its crude steel production to 3.599 million mt, a 22.3 percent decline in its finished steel production to 3.251 million mt, and an 18.1 percent decrease in its pig iron output to 3.151 million mt, all year on year.
In December alone, Azovstal produced 268,000 mt of crude steel, 229,000 mt of finished steel, and 227,000 mt of pig iron.