According to the forecast made by the Ukrainian Association of Ferrous Metallurgy Enterprises, the country's crude steel output would reach 2.76 million tons in next January, rising by 2.7% from this November.
At the same time, the country's pig iron ore production is expected to reach 2.54 million tons, increasing by 4.5% from this November.
Meanwhile, it predicted that the country's output of crude steel would be at 34.4 million tons in 2013, increasing by 5.6%; that of pig iron would be at 29.9 million tons, increasing by 4.6% and that of steel products would be at 31 million tons, up by 6.4%, all compared to that in the same period of a year ago.