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Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises in August 2026 reduced steel production by 57,3% year-on-year – to 277 thousand tons. This is one of the lowest figures in the entire history of the full-scale war. This is reported in a piece by the professional portal GMK Center.
According to the association of enterprises "Ukrmetallurgprom," compared with July, steel production in Ukraine in August fell by 39,4%. Pig iron production fell even more – by 65,6% year-on-year, to 257,1 thousand tons. Compared with July, production decreased by 40,5%.
Commercial rolled steel production in August decreased by 57,4% compared with the same period last year and by 29,6% compared with July, to 269,5 thousand tons.
For the January–August period the decline was smaller but still significant. Steel production fell by 12,5% to 4,3 million tons, pig iron by 14,8% to 4,35 million tons, and rolled steel by 15,6% to 3,59 million tons.
August figures were affected by shutdowns of large metallurgical enterprises following Russian attacks. "Zaporizhstal" completely ceased operations after missile strikes on 11 and 27 August. Before the shutdown the enterprise had produced 46,2 thousand tons of steel.
At the beginning of September the Russian strike also hit "Kametstal" in Kamianske, after which the enterprise completely halted its production processes.
At the same time the industry is facing other problems, including limitations on maritime logistics, the operation of the CBAM mechanism, and new EU quotas on steel imports.
GMK Center Chief Analyst Andriy Tarasenko noted that the August figure was one of the lowest for the entire period of the full-scale war.
"It was worse only in April and December 2022. In the first half of the month volumes were affected by the maritime blockade and import restrictions on supplies to the EU. But in the second half of August the two largest steel producers in the country stopped as a result of direct Russian attacks," he said.
According to Tarasenko's estimate, production figures could worsen in September if shutdowns of large enterprises continue.
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