The major pipe producing enterprises of Ukraine in January-September 2015 cut production, according to live data, by 41.9 percent compared to the same period last year, to 643,400 tonnes.
A government source has told Interfax-Ukraine that pipe output amounted to 74,700 tonnes in September, while in the previous month – 72,100 tonnes.
According to its data, pipe production at Khartsyzsk Pipe Plant (Donetsk region), located in the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone, in January-September slumped by 58.8 percent compared to January-September 2014, to 66,300 tonnes, and in July-September the plant did not produce any pipes at all.
Other major pipe companies in the country were not significantly affected by hostilities as production is concentrated in Dnipropetrovsk region. However, orders at Donbas enterprises decreased due to their standing idle or lower activities, which influenced the volume of pipe production.
Pipe production at Interpipe Nyzhniodniprovsky Pipe Rolling Plant fell by 48.7 percent in Jan-Sept 2015 year-over-year, to 127,000 tonnes, at Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Plant production fell by 34.7 percent, to 71,600 tonnes, while at Interpipe Niko Tube – by 43.5 percent, to 181,500 tonnes.
Mariupol Illich Steel Works in the first nine months of this year reduced pipe production by 9.2 percent, to 41,600 tonnes (7,300 tonnes in September).
Luhansk Pipe Rolling Plant, created on the basis of Luhansk Pipe Plant, remained idle in January-September 2015.
Production at Kominmet fell by 15.1 percent, to 130,300 tonnes (18,700 tonnes in September), at Centravis production dropped by 11 percent, to 14,500 tonnes of seamless pipes (1,600 tonnes in September). AG Stal LLC was idle in January-September 2015, while in January-September 2014 it produced 21,300 tonnes of pipes.
Dnipropetrovsk Pipe Plant cut production by 75.5 percent to 6,100 tonnes, and in May-August the plant stood idle, while in September it produced 1,900 tonnes of pipes.
