Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has announced that in the first quarter of the current year its crude steel production decreased by six percent year on year to 3.101 million mt. In addition, in the given period, Metinvest also produced 2.251 million mt of finished steel products, up five percent year on year, including 1.581 million mt of flat steel products and 610,000 mt of long steel products.
In the first quarter this year, the coking coal production of Metinvest decreased by two percent year on year to 2.896 million mt, while the company produced 9.325 million mt of iron ore concentrate, increasing one percent compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year.
Source:
http://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/metinvest-posts-six-percent-fall-in-crude-steel-output-for-q1-761480.htm
