In the January-May period this year, integrated steel producer Azovstal, owned by Ukraine-headquartered mining and steel producing group Metinvest, decreased it crude steel production by 6.6 percent year on year, to 1.66 million mt, while its pig iron output in the given period totaled 1.47 million mt, down 1.9 percent year on year. As for the finished steel output, it declined by three percent year on year, to 1.57 million mt in the January-May period.
In May alone, Azovstal produced 305,000 mt of crude steel, 265,000 mt of pig iron and 286,000 mt of finished steel products,SteelOrbis has learned.