Ukraine: steel output down in January-February 2021

In January-February, Ukraine decreased steel output by 1.1% YoY, to 3.51 million tons. At the same time, manufacture of pig iron grew by 4.5%, to 3.51 million tons, and rolled metal – by 0.5%, to 3.16 million tons. Lat year, Ukraine decreased steel output by 1.4% YoY, to 20.549 million tons, but increased that of rolled metal by 0.7%, to 18.344 million tons, and pig iron – by 1.5%, to 20.358 million tons.