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Ukraine was previously a significant steel producer in Europe, exporting $14 billion worth of metals in 2021, accounting for about 20% of the country's total exports.
Ukraine has completely stopped steel production after the last of its operating plants were unable to continue operating. According to Devdiscourse, Reuters reported this with reference to the Federation of Metallurgists.
The material notes that in 2025 Ukraine produced 7.4 million metric tons of steel. In 2021 it was about 21.4 million tons. Then the export of metals brought the budget of this country $14 billion and amounted to about 20 percent of total exports.
Until recently, steel production continued at the country's largest metallurgical plant ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog, at the Zaporizhstal plant owned by Metinvest, as well as at several smaller enterprises.
It is also clarified that steel production in Ukraine in the first eight months of 2026 decreased by 12.5 percent compared to the same period last year and amounted to 4.3 million tons.
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