In the January to August period of the current year the steelmaking subsidiaries of the Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass produced a total of 4.331 million tons of pig iron up, by 25% YoY.
The subsidiaries’s crude steel output in the given period increased by 23% YoY, to 4.613 million tons. In the first eight months of 2011 IUD companies registered a 27% increase in their finished steel production YoY to 4.455 million tons, while their agglomerate output went up by 15% YoY to 6.618 million tons.
In particular, in January to August Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works saw a 29% increase in its crude steel production to 2.521 million tons and a 36% increase in its finished steel production to 2.495 million tons.
The crude steel output of Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works named after F. Dzerzhinsky in the given period increased by 18% YoY to 2.092 million tons, while its finished steel output increased by 17% YoY to 1.961 million tons.
Alchevsk Coking Plant saw its coke production fall by 6% YoY to 1.896 million tons in January to August 2011. In the given period Dniepropetrovsk Tube Works increased its steel pipe production by 38% YoY to 74,600 tons. (SteelOrbis)