ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih stabilizes steel output in February

ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih announced that in February it managed to halt the decline, seen in its production in January, caused by the stoppage of two sintering units for repair, as it completed the major overhaul of one of the units.

Mr. Aleksandr Ioskov, acting COO of ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih, said that "According to the results of February, we were able to stabilize production and reach the same indicators as a year ago. We are going to complete the repair of the second sintering unit in March and then we expect a gradual production increase in the coming months".

Product	February 2011, t	February 2010, t	Change, %
Pig iron	377,900	375,000	0.8
Crude steel	443,100	416,500	6.4
Rolled steel products	374,700	378,200	-0.9

Product	January-Feburary 2011, t	January-February 2010, t	Change, %
Pig iron	767,800	840,200	-8.6
Crude steel	890,400	948,500	-6.1
Rolled steel products	796,900	833,200	-4.3

(SteelOrbis)