Such preliminary estimates are given by the merger of enterprises "Ukrmetallurgprom".

According to the enterprise, the production of pig iron in Ukraine fell by 17.8% year on year, to 14.626 million tonnes, total rolled steel - by 16.4%, to 13.469 million tonnes.

Thus, in September steel smelting performance continued to rise for the third month in a row and turned out to be the highest for the last eight months.

Moreover, the average daily production of pig iron and steel reached a maximum since January 2017.

Let's add, the average daily production of pig iron continued to grow: in September - 61.8 thousand. tons, while in August - 58.6 thousand. tons, in July - 50.1 thousand. tons, in June - 50,4 thousand. tons.

As previously reported in URA-Inform, the factory for the production of coatings for football fields was built without raising funds from the state budget.