The growth of all production figures was noted at “Zaporozhstal” Steel Works from January to August 2014: iron – by 3,8%, steel by 1,7%, rolled products – 2,6% in comparison with similar period of 2013.
2211,5 thousand tons of iron, 2590,7 thousand tons of steel, 2221,3 thousand tons of rolled products had been produced from January to August 2014.
| Name of index | Unit of measurement | January-August 2013 | January-August 2014 |
January-August 2014 to January-August 2013 |
January-August 2014 to January -August 2013 % |
| Production level of iron | Thousand tons | 2131,3 | 2211,5 | 80,2 | 103,8 |
| Production level of steel | Thousand tons | 2546,9 | 2590,7 | 43,8 | 101,7 |
| Production level of rolled product | Thousand tons | 2165,6 | 2221,3 | 55,7 | 102,6 |
297,8 thousand tons of iron, 323,3 thousand tons of steel, 257,2 thousand tons of rolled product had been produced in August 2014
| Name of index | Unit of measurement |
August 2013 thousand tons |
August 2014 thousand tons |
August 2014 to August 2013, thousand tons |
August 2014 to August 2013, % |
| Production level of iron | Thousand tons | 278,5 | 297,8 | 19,3 | 106,9 |
| Production level of steel | Thousand tons | 339,0 | 323,3 | -15,7 | 95,4 |
| Production level of rolled product | Thousand tons | 295,3 | 257,2 | -38,1 | 87,1 |
A slight decline of production level of steel and rolled stock in August 2014 in comparison with August 2013, occurred because of start-up and adjustment works in the course of renovation of blast furnace №4 (BF- 4), installation of cast house aspiration system and bin trestle. Renovation of BF-4 is done within the framework of Metinvest’s technological strategy aimed at modernization of Group’s enterprises. Amount of investments into modernization of the furnace is more than 600 million UAH.