Ukrainian steelmakers ramped up production of rolled products by 3.5% in March

Production of steel and pig iron went down

In March 2021, Ukraine’s steelmaking companies ramped up production of rolled products by 3.5% to 1.49 million tons against March 2020,

according to the updated statistics of Ukrmetallurgprom.

In particular, in March Ukrainian companies produced:

• 2.88 million tons of sinter ore (by 5.8% more than in March 2020);
• 821 thousand tons of coke (-3.4%);
• 1.81 million tons of pig iron (+3.7%);
• 1.78 million tons of steel (+0.7%);
• 80 thousand tons of pipes (+12.7%).

Production of rolled products in Q1 2021 increased by 1.4% to 4.73 million tons against the same period of 2020.

In Q1 Ukrainian companies produced:

• 8.2 million tons of sinter ore (+4.6% against Q1 2020);
• 2.4 million tons of coke (-1.3%);
• 5.3 million tons of pig iron (+4.3%);
• 5.3 million tons of steel (-0.5%);
• 203 thousand tons of pipes and tubes (-3.7%).

As of 13 April 2021, the main operating production facilities included 17 out of 21 blast furnaces, 7 out of 8 open-hearth furnaces, 14 out of 16 BOFs, 5 out of 13 electric-arc furnaces and 15 out of 17 continuous casting machines.

As GMK Center reported earlier, in 2020, companies of Ukraine’s mining & metals sector decreased steel production by 1.1% to 20.62 million tons, while production of pig iron increased by 1.8% to 20.42 million tons, and rolled products by 1.2% to 18.43 million tons against 2019.