Rolled metal manufacture decreased by 8%, to 2.3
million tons, while pig iron production dropped by 6%, to 2.34 million tons.
Coke output in January decreased by 2%, to 1.49
million tons, as compared with January 2013.
In 2013 Ukrainian metal manufacturers produced 29.11
million tons of pig iron, up by 2% YoY, 32.67 million tons of steel, up by 1%
YoY, and 29.03 million tons of rolled metal – on the level with 2012 results.
Coke manufacture fell by 7%, to 17.59 million tons. (Ukrainian
metal)