Ukraine: Zaporizhstal’s crude steel production up 9% in H1 CY’21

Metinvest-owned Zaporizhstal released its monthly production figures for Jun’21. Highlights:

• Crude steel output increased by 6% y-o-y to 329,200 t in Jun’21 compared with 310,700 t in Jun’20. On a monthly basis, production increased marginally by 0.5%.
• Cumulative steel production in H1 CY’21 stood at 1.98 mn t, up 9% on year.
• Pig iron output fell by 7% y-o-y to 340,200 t in Jun’21 mainly due to the maintenance shutdown of blast furnace No.4, which has been commissioned after overhaul.
• Output of rolled products stood at 278,000 t in Jun’21, up 6.7% y-o-y.