In January – November 2019 Ukraine have kept steel production at the level of last year
According to some during the balance of the meeting in the OP "Ukrmetallurgprom" data for 11 months in Ukraine was smelted 19,29 million tons of steel, which was 0.4% more than in the same period of 2018. Pig iron production decreased compared to the same period last year by 1.4% - to 18.46 million tonnes, output of finished steel grew by 0.6% and made up of 16.95 million tons.
However, the Association noted that given the sharp drop in steel production in November (-15,1% in October, to 1.33 million tons) and the expected steel production in December at 1.2 million tonnes (-10% in November), 2019 would be the worst for steel production for the whole period of existence of independent Ukraine.
alarmed with the situation, OP "Ukrmetallurgprom" as the Plenipotentiary representative of the domestic metals and mining, made earlier with a matching zayavleniem.
as of December 10, 2019, from the current major production facilities are in operation: 15 of the 21 blast furnaces (70%), 8 of the 9 open hearth furnaces (90%), 10 of the 16 converters (60%), 5 of the 15 furnaces (30%) and 15 out of 15 machines for continuous casting of workpieces (100%).
States of the continued decline in consumption of electricity, natural gas, coking coal and scrap metal.