Ukraine’s daily pig iron output drops further in July and August

Wednesday, 11 August 2010 15:49:47 (GMT+2)

According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in July this year Ukraine's average daily pig iron output continued to decrease, registering a drop of 3.3 percent or 2,200 mt compared to June to 64,800 mt, as Ukrainian steel producers continued to cut their outputs due to weak demand both in domestic and external markets.

In the first two days of August the country's average daily pig iron output dropped further to 64,500 mt.

According to the Metallurgprom data, as of August 1, 10 of Ukraine's 36 operating blast furnaces were idle, while five of the country's 21 converters, 16 of its 35 open hearth furnaces and eight of its 15 electric furnaces also continued to stand idle.

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