As reported in the Department of energy and environmental protection, in October 2019 metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine have consumed 209 million cubic meters of gas, which is 3 million or 1.6% less than in October 2018, and a million cubic meters less than in September.
Since the beginning of the year to October, the gas consumption in the metallurgical industry decreased by 2.5% compared to the same period last year and amounted to 2,325 billion cubic meters.
Despite low gas prices for 2019, the consumption of gas metallurgy was lower than last year. The Ministry explained the global trend to reduce the cost of finished products and higher prices for iron ore, in connection with which the companies have reduced production, which led to lower volumes of gas consumption.
in addition, at the end of September Dneprovsky integrated iron & steel works and Dneprovsky iron and steel plant said to stop major production facilities.
Previously coalsalesthat according to preliminary data in October 2019 in Ukraine pig iron decreased by 9.1% compared with September and amounted to 1.59 million tons. Steel production fell by 10.5% to 1.56 million tons, output of finished rolled products – by 2.3% to 1.54 million tons.
10 months 2019 metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine produced of cast iron is 17.07 million tons, which corresponds to the last level; steel - 17,96 million tons, which is 2.3% more than in the same period of last year; finished rolled steel of 15.64 million tons, which is 1.8% more than last year.
