In January this year, Ukraine-based Azovstal, a subsidiary of Ukraine's largest vertically-integrated mining and steel group Metinvest, saw an 11.3 percent decrease in its crude steel production to 346,000 mt and an 18.6 percent decline in its finished steel production to 306,000 mt, both year on year. In the given month, pig iron output declined by 11.7 percent year on year to 298,000 mt.
In February this year, the company plans to produce 360,000 mt of crude steel and 309,000 mt of pig iron.