According to the information released by the Ukrainian Ministry of Industrial Policy, in the first seven months of 2007 the country increased its finished steel products output by six percent and its crude steel output by six percent year on year to 20.92 million metric tons and 24.814 million metric tons respectively. Meanwhile, during the period in question Ukraine's pig iron production rose 10 percent to 20.92 million metric tons, compared to the corresponding period of 2006.
During the given period, Ukraine saw a 10 percent increase in its steel pipe production to 1.6 million metric tons and a six percent increase in its coke production to 11.6 million metric tons.
In its iron ore segment, in the January-July 2007 period Ukraine produced 44.6 million metric tons of iron ore - up seven percent, 35.13 million metric tons of iron ore concentrate - up nine percent, 13 million metric tons of pellets- up 13 percent, and 28.98 million metric tons of agglomerate - up five percent, compared to the first seven months of 2006.
In addition, during the January-July 2007 period, scrap supplies to the Ukrainian steel mills increased by eight percent year on year to 3.996 million metric tons.