What happened? Metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine produced one third of last year's production volume in 9 months of 2022.
Source. Ukrmetalurgprom.
Details. According to the report, during the period from January to September this year, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises produced 5.46 million tonnes of cast iron, which is 33.8% compared to the last year's volume for the relevant period, when production reached 16.15 million tonnes.
The volume of steel produced in January-September amounted to 5.53 million tonnes against 16.29 million tonnes in 2021.
4.73 million tonnes of rolled steel was produced in 2022, this is 32.7% of the previous year's volume – 14.49 million tonnes.
Previously. The Yenakiyeve Iron and Steel Works stopped working due to the mobilization of workers. From 200 to 500 employees of the plant were planned to be “enlisted”.