In January this year, Ukraine-based Azovstal, a subsidiary of Ukraine's largest vertically-integrated mining and steel group Metinvest, saw a 21.7 percent decrease in its crude steel production to 271,000 mt and a 22.3 percent decline in its rolled steel production to 244,000 mt, both year on year. In the given month, pig iron output declined by 23.8 percent year on year to 227,000 mt.
The plant did not produce agglomerate in the given month due to the shutdown of its agglomeration shop.
In December 2014, Azovstal had produced 229,000 mt of rolled steel, 268,000 mt of crude steel and 227,000 mt of pig iron.