According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in February this year Ukraine's average daily pig iron output continued its positive trend, seeing an increase of 1.3 percent month on month from 77,800 mt to 78,800 mt.
Product | Average daily output | |
Jan 2011 (mt) | Feb 2011 (mt) | |
77,800 | 78,800 | |
92,400 | 95,300 | |
Rolled steel products | 89,600 | 89,000 |
In addition, in the first 14 days of March, further increases were registered in the country's average daily pig iron output which rose to 81,700 mt. Meanwhile, average daily crude steel output for the period in question increased to 100,800 mt, while the average daily output figure for rolled steel products climbed up to 91,300 mt.
According to the Metallurgprom data, as of March 1 five of Ukraine's 36 operating blast furnaces were idle, while three of the country's 21 converters, 16 of its 35 open hearth furnaces and nine of its 15 electric furnaces also continued to stand idle.