Ukrainian steel sector posts massive recovery in January to October 2010

Hot metal output increased by 7% YoY to 22.6 million tons, crude steel output increased by 10% YoY to 26.9 million tons, finished steel products output rose by 9% YoY to 24.03 million tons, steel pipes output went up by 3% YoY to 1.395 million tons, output of hardware increased by 15% YoY to 220,200 tons, wire products output grew by 15% YoY to 220,000 tons.
In October finished rolled products output increased to 2.6 million tons, iron - to 2.3 million tons and steel - to 2.9 million tons.
Scrap supplies volume grew by 21% YoY to 4.4 million tons, coke production went up by 7% YoY to 15.306 million tons, iron ore output grew by 21.5% YoY to 64.35 million tons, iron ore concentrate production increased by 20.5% YoY to 53.23 million tons, agglomerate production went up by 13.5% YoY to 32.537 million tons, iron ore pellet production rose by 13% YoY to 18.742 million tons.
In 2010 Ukrainian metallurgical plants reduced finished products output by 14.9% as compared with 2009, to 26.9 million tons, iron - by 17% to 25.7 million tons, steel - by 20% to 29.8 million tons. (SteelPrices-Europe)
Much more about metal of Ukraine, Russia and other CIS-countries at http://metalukraine2010.blogspot.com/