Rolled
metal output in 2013 totaled 29.038 million tons, on the level of 2012, while
pig iron production went up by 2%, to 29.111 million tons.
Pipe
manufacture dropped by 20%, to 1.615 million tons, while coke output fell by
7%, to 17.59 million tons.
In
2012 Ukraine decreased rolled metal output by 9%, to 28.957 million tons, steel
output by 7%, to 32.394 million tons, and pig iron manufacture by 1%, to 28.513
million tons, all on year-on-year basis.
Pipe
manufacture fell by 9%, to 2.014 million tons, metal wares output decreased by
19%, to 211 thousand tons, and coke production went down by 3%, to 18.931
million tons. (Ukrainian metal)