According to the information released by the Ukrainian Ministry of Industrial Policy, in the first four months of 2007 the country increased its finished steel products output by 10 percent and its crude steel output by 11 percent year on year to 11.94 million metric tons and 14.2 million metric tons respectively. Meanwhile, during the period in question Ukraine's pig iron production rose 14 percent to 11.8 million metric tons, compared to the corresponding period of 2006.
During the given period, Ukraine saw a 22 percent increase in its steel pipe production to 925,000 metric tons and a nine percent increase in its coke production to 6.6 million metric tons.
In its iron ore segment, in the January-April 2007 period Ukraine produced 25.11 million metric tons of iron ore - up nine percent, 19.6 million metric tons of iron ore concentrate - up 11 percent, 7.4 million metric tons of pellets- up 24 percent, and 16.5 million metric tons of agglomerate - up six percent, compared to the first four months of 2006.
In addition, during the January-April 2007 period, scrap supplies to the Ukrainian steel mills increased by 24 percent year on year to 2.27 million metric tons.
Meanwhile, the country saw a 6.1 percent decrease in its coking coal mining output year on year to 9.9 million metric tons.