REUTERS
In the first six months, Ukraine produced 10.391 million tonnes of steel.
Ukrainian steelmakers increased production by 7.5%, to 1.711 million tonnes in June 2018 year-over-year, thus allowing the country to rise from 14th to 12th place in the list of the world's steel producers, according to the World Steel Association (WSA).
In January-June 2018, Ukraine increased steel output by 1.5% year-over-year, to 10.391 million tonnes, having risen from the 13th to the 12th place in the world steel producers' rating.
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According to the WSA report, China traditionally topped the rating with 80.196 million tonnes produced in June 2018 (an increase by 7.5% from June 2017). Other countries in the top ten ranking were as follows: Japan (8.76 million tonnes, 4.2% up), India (8.739 million tonnes, 7.4% up), the United States (6.847 million tonnes, 0.8% up) , South Korea (6.122 million tonnes, 3.2% up), Russia (6.12 million tonnes 8.9% up), Germany (3.77 million tonnes, 4.6% up), Turkey (3.043 million tonnes, 0.7% up), Brazil (2.59 million tonnes, 2.2% down), and Italy (2.135 million tonnes, 1.5% up).
In total, all the 64 countries included in the WSA rating increased steel production by 5.8% in June 2018 year-over-year, to 151.379 million tonnes.
According to the association's report, China continues to lead in January-June 2018 with 451.157 million tonnes of steel (an increase by 6% compared to the same period in 2017). It is followed by Japan (52.98 million tonnes, 1.3% up), India (52.831 million tonnes, 5.1% up), the United States (41.849 million tonnes, 2.9% up), 5th and 6th positions were shared by Russia (2.8% up) and South Korea (3.7% up) with the same volume of production, which was 36.066 million tonnes. Others were Germany (22.455 million tonnes, 1.1% up), Turkey (18.893 million tonnes, 3.7% up), Brazil (16.862 million tonnes, 1.4% up) and Italy (12.806 million tonnes, 3.5% up).
In the six months of 2018, all the 64 countries included in the WSA rating increased steel production by 4.6% year-over-year, to 881.455 million tonnes.