In 2012, Ukrainian metallurgical plants reduced the production of steel by 6.6% compared to 2011, to 32 million 394 thousand tons, cast iron by 1.3% less - 28 million 513 thousand tons of UGMK.info reported a source in the office of Ministers of Ukraine.
In 2012, Ukrainian pipe plants reduced the production of pipes compared to 2011 by 9.4%, to 2 million 14 thousand tons.
In December 2012, the production of steel lost 4.5% compared to November 2012 and amounted to 2 million 566 thousand tons, and in the annual calculus compared to December 2011, a drop in production volumes reached 7%.
In December 2012, the production of pipes decreased compared to November by 30.9% to 99 thousand tons, the fall in relation to the same period of 2011 amounted to 39.5%.