KYIV, Jan 31 – Metinvest, the largest Ukrainian mining and metallurgical holding, increased steel production by 3% in 2019 compared with 2018, to 7.578 million tons, and pig iron production fell by 3%, to 7.928 million tons, and total coke production – by 11%, to 4.667 million tons.

Metinvest B.V., the parent company of the holding, said in a report on operational results for Q4 2019 and entire 2019, in Q4 2019 pig iron production fell by 7% compared with the previous quarter, to 1.887 million tons due to scheduled major overhauls of blast furnaces at the Mariupol steelmakers.