The Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has announced that in January-September this year its steel and rolled products division produced 6.146 million mt of crude steel - up 22.5 percent, 5.774 million mt of semi-finished and finished steel products - up 23.5 percent, and 5.319 million mt of pig iron - up 21.9 percent, all compared to the same period last year.
In particular, in January-September this year, Metinvest's steelmaking subsidiary Azovstal increased its crude steel output by 30.8 percent to 4.22 million mt, saw its pig iron production rise by 31.5 percent to 3.654 million mt and saw its rolled steel production increase by 31.7 percent to about 3.924 million mt, all compared to the corresponding period of 2009.
In addition, in the first nine months of the current year, the pig iron production of Metinvest's Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works rose by 5.1 percent to 1.665 million mt and its rolled steel output climbed up 9.1 percent to 1.85 million mt, both compared with the same period last year. Meanwhile, the plant's crude steel production went up by 7.6 percent year on year to 1.927 million mt.