Steel production collapsed in Ukraine
According to the OP "Ukrmetallurgprom", in September Ukrainian metallurgical plants significantly reduced the production of iron and steel. So the production of pig iron compared with August decreased by 4% to 1.750 million tons, and steel production fell by 10% and amounted to 1.745 million tons. At the same time, production of finished rolled steel increased by 2% and amounted to 1.573 million tons.
For 9 months. In 2019, metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine slightly increased the production of main products year on year. Pig iron smelting increased by 1% to 15.475 million tonnes compared to the same period last year (APPG), steel smelting - by 4% - to 16.4 million tonnes, finished metal production increased by 2% and amounted to 14.093 million tonnes.
In November 2019, production of the main types of products is forecasted in the following volumes: pig iron - about 1.70 million tons, steel - 1.75 million tons, finished rolled products - 1.60 million tons.