According to the data provided by the Ministry for industrial policy, raw coal production in Ukraine may drop by one to five per cent in 2013, down to 31.1–32.4 m t.
By the ministerial estimate, export of rolled metal may decrease by 4 per cent due to the declining market and the strengthening Chinese, Russian and Turkish competition.
Domestic steel consumption is expected to fall by 4 to 6 per cent due to completion of Euro-2012 infrastructural projects as well as to the overall inadequacy of investment volumes (both governmental and private) allocated for the new projects.