In Ukraine, the manufacturing of steel without semi-finished products made by continuous casting (excluding the temporary occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol city) reduced by 16.3% in February 2015, as compared to a similar period in 2014, and made up 881 thousand tonnes, RBK-Ukraine (РБК-Україна) reports, with reference to the National Statistics Service.
In particular, steel production increased by 1.3% till January 2015.
In total, 1.751 million tonnes were produced for two months.
Cast iron made in February, on the year-over-year basis, fell by 34.8%, on a monthly basis - by 16.7%, and made up 1.434 thousand tonnes, thus, 3.154 thousand tonnes were produced for two months.
The manufacturing of black finished steel in February 2015, as compared to February 2014, fell by 25.9% and made up 863 thousand tonnes (-14.4% as compared to January 2015), with 1.870 thousand tonnes produced for two months.
