Ukraine raises steel pipes output in February

Ukraine's output of steel pipes rose 8.3 percent or 12,890 tons month on month to 167,690 tons in February. Thus, Ukraine's largest steel pipe producer Nizjnedneprovsk Pipe and Steel Work increased steel pipe output 5.8 percent or 2,370 tons to 43,050 tons in February. Khardyzsk Tube Works decreased steel pipe output 26.4 percent or 8,410 tons to 23,460 tons. Dnepropetrovsk Tube Work rose steel pipe output 19.5 percent or 3,220 tons to 19,740 tons. Lugansk Tube Work increased steel pipe production 15.6 percent or 2,270 tons to 16,850 tons. Novomostkovsk Tube Work rose steel pipe production 48 percent or 5,520 tons to 17,030 tons.