According to the preliminary data, in 2011 Ukraine registered an 8.5% increase YoY in its finished steel product output to 30.373 million tonnes a 6% increase in its crude steel output to 34.689 million tonnes and a 6% rise in its pig iron production to 28.879 million tonnes.

In the given period, Ukraine saw a 26% increase in its steel pipe production to 2.213 million tonnes.

The country production of metallurgical coke went up by 5%YoY to 19.582 million tonnes while hardware production decreased by 3% to 264,000 tonnes.

Delivery of scrap to metallurgical companies in Ukraine increase by 7% YoY to 6.745 million tonnes.

In 2011, Ukraine produced 79.418 million tonnes of iron ore and 65.807 million tonnes of iron ore concentrate both up by 3% compared to 2010.

In December alone, Ukraine produced 2.480 million tonnes of finished steel products down by 2.4%MoM, 2.759 million tonnes of crude steel down by 4.1%, 2.374 million tonnes of pig iron down by 1.9%MoM, 163,200 tonnes of steel pipes down by 11%MoM and 1.628 million tonnes of metallurgical coke up 1.6%MoM. Delivery of scrap to metallurgical companies in December decreased by 10.7%MoM to 468,000 tonnes.

(Sourced from SteelOrbis)
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