OREANDA-NEWS. July 03, 2008. Ukrainian enterprises of the mining-metallurgical complex upped cast iron and steel production by 4 percent, finished steel - by 6 percent, coke - by 10 percent, but they reduced tubing production by 10 percent and iron - by 13 percent, reported the Official website www.kmu.gov.ua.

In particular, steel production grew to 22,248 million tons, cast iron - 18,522 million tons, finished steel - 18,944 million tons, coke - to 11,155 million tons, while production of tubing reduced to 1,269 million tons and iron - tо 200 thousand tons.