According to the preliminary data disclosed by Ukrmetallurgprom, in the January-June period this year Ukrainian steel mills produced 10.096 million mt of crude steel and 9.98 milion mt of pig iron, down 7.6 percent and down 2.6 percent, respectively, both year on year.
The total output of finished steel in the first six months declined by 4.6 percent year on year to 9.023 million mt, SteelOrbis has learned.