In the January-July period this year, Ukraine-based Azovstal, a subsidiary of Ukraine's largest vertically-integrated mining and steel group Metinvest, saw a 13.6 percent decrease in its crude steel production to 2.308 million mt and a 16.8 percent decline in its rolled steel production to 2.035 million mt, both year on year. In the given period, Azovstal's pig iron output declined by 11.7 percent year on year to 2.037 million mt.
In July this year, Azovstal produced 299,000 mt of finished steel products, 268,000 mt of crude steel and 239,000 mt of pig iron.
In August this year, the company plans to produce 315,000 mt of crude steel and 268,000 mt of pig iron.