In the January-September period of the current year, the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 4.777 million mt, up 16.6 percent year on year.
In addition, in the first nine months of the year ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih registered a 13 percent increase year on year in its finished steel output to 4.088 million mt. During the period in question, pig iron production at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih increased by 19.2 percent year on year to 4.173 million mt.
Meanwhile, in September alone crude steel production at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih increased by 16 percent to 552,900 mt, output of finished steel went up by 17.3 percent to 492,500 mt, and production of pig iron moved up by 19.4 percent to 479,900 mt, all on year-on-year basis.