Ukraine posts mere increase in steel output
Ukraine's finished steel
production rose 0.5 percent year on year to 32.2 million metric tons in 2005.
On the other hand, crude steel
production fell 0.2 percent year on year to 38.6 million metric tons in 2005 and
pig iron production decreased 1 percent to 30.8 million metric tons.
Ukraine's steel
pipe production soared 13 percent year on year to 2.29 million metric tons last year.