It's reported that the Ukraine's steel producer Metinvest released its production result for the third quarter and the first nine months of this year. In the third quarter, the company's crude steel production totaled 3.2 million tons, rising by 2% from the previous quarter. At the same time, the company's output of finished steel products totaled 2.5 million tons, soaring by 15% from the previous quarter. Among them, 1.6 million tons were steel flat products and 679,000 tons were steel long products. In the January-September period, Metinvest's crude steel production amounted to 9.44 million tons, down slightly by 1% year on year. In the given period of time, the company's output of finished steel products amounted to 6.97 million tons, remaining flat in comparison of the figures in the same period of 2012.
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http://www.yieh.com/2.2.01.01stainlesssteelnews.aspx?no=67324&division=A6
