In Ukraine in January-April, according to operational data, steel production decreased compared to January-April 2014 by 30 percent to 7.08 million tons. This was reported in the Association of metallurgical plants "Metallurgprom", UNIAN reports.
According to industry enterprises, the production of the total rental in the first four months of this year decreased compared to the same period last year by 31 percent to 6.18 million tons, pig iron decreased by 32 per cent to 6.43 million tonnes.
The production volume of coke in 4 months of this year decreased by 42 percent to 3.29 million tons.
As reported, in Ukraine in 2014, steel production decreased compared to 2013 by 17% to 27,161 million tons, manufacture of metal products 18 percent to 23,793 million tons, pig iron decreased by 15 percent to 24.81 million tons. The volume of coke production in 2014 fell by 21 percent to 13,824 million tons.