Zaporizhstal produced 89,000 tons of rolled steel in September 2022

In September 2022, Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works reduced the production of rolled steel by 58.2% compared to the same month in 2021 – to 89.3 thousand tons.  The enterprise’s press release reports about it.

The pig iron production in September decreased by 55.4% compared to September 2021 – to 148.7 thousand tons. The output of steel for the month fell by 62.5% – to 106.8 thousand tons.

For January-September 2022, production output at Zaporizhstal decreased by 55.5% year-on-year – to 3.851 million tons. In particular, the following  products were produced:

• pig iron – 1.57 million tons (-52% by January-September 2021);
• steel – 1.21 million tons (-57.7%);
• rolled steel – 1.07 million tons (-56.4%).

“The decrease in the level of production compared to the same period last year is related to the shortage of raw materials and logistical problems caused by full-scale military operations on the territory of Ukraine,” the company explains.

As GMK Center reported earlier, from the beginning of March 2022, Zaporizhstal was transferred to the hot preservation mode. On March 25, the plant is partially resumed the operation of cold rolling shop units – skin rolling mills 1700-1 and 1700-2, as well as longitudinal cutting unit №5. At the beginning of April, the plant launched two blast furnaces – №3 and №4, and later started pig iron production.

After that, the plant announced its intention to launch the blast furnace №3. After the launch of the third blast furnace, the plant’s capacity reached 75%. But at the end of June, Zaporizhstal was considering cutting production due to significant logistics problems and the inability to ship products to consumers in Europe

In 2021, Zaporizhstal increased pig iron output by 0.1% compared to 2020 – to 4.5 million tons. Steel production decreased by 0.1% – to 3.8 million tons, and the production of rolled products remained at the level of the previous year – 3.2 million tons.

In January-February 2022, the plant decreased production of rolled steel by 8.7% compared to the same period in 2021 – up to 502.4 thousand tons.