His iron and steel holding company Metinvest is feeling brunt of downturn with sales of finished products down by 50%.

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The company said it expects iron-ore production to almost double and that its steel business would improve as well.

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The company runs minimills, which produce steel from scrap rather than iron ore and manufacture products in smaller batches than traditional plants.

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