Russia's Metalloinvest, one of the largest pig iron suppliers in the world, reduced its pig iron shipments in 2017 because of the effects of maintenance and repair works, the company said on Wednesday January 31.
In 2017, the company reduced its pig iron output by 9.3% to 2.7 million tonnes. Shipments to third parties went down by 12% to 2.077 million tonnes.Traditionally, Metalloinvest exports...