In November this year, Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal's finished steel product output increased by 29.5 percent to 266,300 mt, its crude steel production rose by two percent to 311,900 mt, while its pig iron production moved down by 12 percent to 276,100 mt, all year on year, according to the company's results. The year-on-year decline in pig iron in the given month was due to the stoppage of the blast furnace No. 3 for a large-scale ecological reconstruction with an investment of UHR 1.5 billion ($58.53 million).
In the January-November period, Zaporizhstal saw a 3.4 percent year-on-year decrease in its pig iron output to 3.33 million mt, its crude steel production declined by 1.11 percent year on year to 3.58 million mt, while its finished steel product output rose by 1.6 percent year on year to 3.10 million mt.