According to the forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine, according to the results of the current year, Ukrainian metallurgical companies will increase steel production by 4% compared to 2018 to 21.927 million tons, Interfax reports.

At the same time, the output of total rolled products will increase by 3% and amount to 18.842 million tons. Cast iron production will increase by 1% to 20.690 million tons. Pipe enterprises can increase volumes by 5% to 1.079 million tons. The production of hardware will remain at the level of 186 thousand tons.

“The forecast is based on production figures for January-September this year, the ministry said. At the same time, the agency’s source in the Ministry of Economy added that while maintaining the existing trends, the supply of scrap metal to metal enterprises will decrease by 6% to 3.128 million tons, ”the statement said.

 

Based on materials: https://mc.ru