Ukrainian steelmaker Metinvest redirected its merchant pig iron production to hot-rolled coil output in the first quarter of this year, the company said on Monday May 4.
In January-March, the company produced just 108,000 tonnes of merchant pig iron. This was 74% less than in the October-December quarter of 2019, when the corresponding output was 416,000 tonnes.This tonnage was produced at Ilyich Steel, Fastmarkets understands. Metinvest also ships merchant pig iron from the Zaporizhstal Iron & Steel Works, but the results from this asset are not included in Metinvest's operational reports. Zaporizhstal is only part-owned...