According to Mr Sergey Belenky Deputy minister of industrial policy of Ukraine, Ukrainian steelmaking companies plan to increase pig iron production by 4.8% to 28.5 million tonnes, steel smelting by 5.6% to 34 million tonnes and finished steel by 5.6% to 32 million tonnes in 2011
The expected production in 2010 according to the ministry data is 27.2 million tonnes of pig iron, 32.2 million tonnes of crude steel and 30.3 million tonnes of finished steel. So, in December it is planned to increase pig iron production by 6.7% to 2.47 million tonnes, steel production by 3.9% to 2.96 million tonnes, finished steel output by 4.4% to 2.75 million tonnes.