According to the Ukrainian steel association "Ukrmetallurgprom", in May of this year, pig iron production in Ukraine amounted to 634,400 tons, which is 14.5 percent more than the previous month and down 1.6 percent year on year.
In this month, steel production in the country increased by 21.7 percent compared to the previous month and decreased by one percent year on year. At the same time, in the first five months of 2026, Ukraine produced 2.88 million tons of pig iron, which is 6.1% less than a year earlier, and crude steel production for this period amounted to Rolled steel production amounted to 2.99 million tons, decreased by 0.6 percent, and rolled steel production amounted to 2.34 million tons, decreased by 6.7 percent year on year calculus
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