Metallurgical plant "Azovstal" (Mariupol, Donetsk region), owned by the Netherlands mining and metallurgical holding Metinvest B.V. (Metinvest), in January-November of this year, increased the production of general rolled products, according to operational data, by 0.9% compared to the same period last year - up to 3.55 million tons.
As the representative of the enterprise told the agency "Interfax-Ukraine", during this period steel production increased by 1.9% to 3.78 million tons, pig iron - by 9.1% to 3.45 million tons.
In November, Azovstal produced about 340 thousand tons of general rolled products, 370 thousand tons of steel, 320 thousand tons of pig iron.
Earlier it was reported that Azovstal in 2019 reduced the production of general rolled products by 3.2% compared to 2018 - to 3.753 million tons, steel - by 1.6%, to 4.016 million tons, pig iron - by 6 , 3%, to 3.475 million tons.
The company is part of the Metinvest group, the main shareholders of which are Rinat Akhmetov's SCM group (71.24%) and Vadim Novinsky's Smart-holding (23.76%), jointly managing the company.
