In the January-May period of the current year, the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 2.5487 million mt, up 11.1 percent year on year.
In addition, in the first five months of the year ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih registered a 6.4 percent increase year on year in its finished steel output to 2.1604 million mt. During the period in question, pig iron production at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih increased by 13.6 percent year on year to 2.2294 million mt.
Meanwhile, in May alone crude steel production at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih increased by 8.3 percent to 502,000 mt, output of finished steel went down by 6.7 percent to 399,600 mt, and production of pig iron moved up by 11.8 percent to 443,000 mt, all on year-on-year basis.