According to the preliminary data issued by the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine, in the first ten months of 2009 Ukraine registered a 23 percent decline year on year in its finished steel product output to about 21.71 million mt and a 28 percent decrease in its crude steel output to 24.34 million mt.
In January-October this year, Ukraine saw a 37 percent decrease in its steel pipe production to about 1.34 million metric tons and a 25 percent reduction in its pig iron production to 21.03 million metric tons. On the other hand, during the period in question the country's production of coke went down by 18 percent year on year to 14.31 million mt.
In its iron ore segment, in January-October of the current year Ukraine produced 53.05 million metric tons of iron ore and 44.29 million metric tons of iron ore concentrate - down 19 percent and 15 percent respectively compared to the same period last year. In addition, during the period in question, the country's agglomerate production amounted to 28.64 million mt - down 26 percent, while its pellet production totaled 16.62 million mt - down 11 percent, both compared to January-October 2008.
During the first ten months of 2009, scrap deliveries to Ukrainian mills decreased by 33 percent year on year to 3.65 million metric tons.