The Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal has announced its preliminary production results for 2008.
Accordingly, in 2008, Zaporizhstal decreased its finished steel production by 13.9 percent and its crude steel production by 11.6 percent year on year, to 3.211 million mt and 3.942 million mt respectively. Zaporizhstal's agglomerate production went down by 3.7 percent and its pig iron production declined by 7.9 percent year on year. The respective figures in metric tons were 5.419 million and 3.248 million.