Ukrainian steelmakers increased steel production by 7.5% in H1 2021

Production of pig iron and rolled products went up as well in H1

In January–June, mining & metals companies of Ukraine increased steel production by 7.5% y-o-y to 10.86 million tons, according to the updated statistics of Ukrmetallurgprom.

Production of pig iron in January–June grew by 8.1% to 10.8 million tons, and production of rolled products increased by 6.6% to 9.6 million tons.

As reported earlier, in 2020, companies of Ukraine’s mining & metals sector decreased steel production by 1.1% to 20.62 million tons y-o-y. Production of rolled products grew by 1.2% to 18.43 million tons, pig iron by 1.8% to 20.42 million tons.