Ukraine produced 21.3 million tonnes of steel in 2017, down by 12% year on year, according to national steelmakers' union Ukrmetallurgprom.
The country's production of pig iron dropped by 15% year on year to 20 million tonnes, while rolled steel output fell by 14% to 18.4 million tonnes. Some mills in the rebel-held territories in Donetsk and Luhansk were not included in the figures since these assets were...