You're reading: ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih ups roll output by 11% in three months of 2013

ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih (formerly Kryvorizhstal), Ukraine's biggest steel producer, raised finished roll production 11.2% year-on-year in January-March to 1.419 million tonnes, the company has told Interfax-Ukraine, quoting preliminary figures.

Crude steel production grew 10% to 1.617 million tonnes and pig iron was up 9% to 1.405 tonnes.

The company produced 510,000 tonnes of roll, 570,000 tonnes of crude steel and 491,000 tonnes of pig iron in March alone.

ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih specializes in long products, in particular rebar and wire rod.

Finished roll production grew 13.3% in 2012 to 5.59 million tonnes.