In 2013, Ukraine-based Azovstal, a subsidiary of Ukraine's largest vertically-integrated mining and steel group Metinvest, saw a 2.6 percent decrease in its crude steel production to 4.5 million mt, a one percent rise in its finished steel production to 4.2 million mt and a 4.4 percent decrease in its pig iron output to 3.8 million mt, all year on year.
In December alone, Azovstal produced 333,000 mt of crude steel, 314,000 mt of finished steel, and 286,000 mt of pig iron.