AMKR considerably reduced production of rolled products, steel and pig iron

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih reduced production of rolled products by 18% to 390 thousand tons in November compared to October. Steel production of fell by 28.5% to 350 thousand tons, and pig iron by 20% to 375 thousand tons.

At the same time, the Company increased production of rolled products by 8.8% to 4.2 million tons over the first eleven months of the current year against January–November 2018, Interfax Ukraine reported.

Over the same period, the Company increased steel production by 15% to 4.94 million tons, and pig iron by 17.4% to 4.9 million tons.

Over 11 months, AMKR produced 9.08 million tons of sinter, 16.8% up from the previous year, 9 million tons of iron ore concentrate (+5.1%), and 2.56 million tons of coke (+4.8%).

In November, the Company also produced:

  • 760 thousand tons of sinter
  • 50 thousand tons of commercial iron ore
  • 845 thousand tons of iron ore concentrate
  • 223 thousand tons of coke

As reported earlier, in January–October 2019, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih increased production of rolled products by 10.5% to 3.84 million tons against the same period of 2018.

Steel production over the same period increased by 18% to 4.59 million tons, and pig iron by 20% to 4.53 million tons.

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