Ukraine slashes steel roll output over 60% in 9M

MOSCOW. Oct 12 (Interfax) - Ukrainian metallurgical plants cut the steel roll output by 67.3% year-on-year to 4.731 million tonnes between January and September of this year, according to the current data.

According to Ukrainian media citing the Ukrmetallurgprom association, in the first nine months of 2022, steel output fell by 66.1% to 5.526 million tonnes, and cast iron output declined by 66.2% to 5.460 million tonnes.

As reported, in 2021, 21.165 million tonnes of cast iron (103.6% against 2020), 21.366 million tonnes of steel (103.6%), 19.079 million tonnes of rolled steel (103.5%) were produced.