17 Oct 2019 19:56
Russian steel roll output down 2% in Sept - Rosstat
MOSCOW. Oct 17 (Interfax) - Russia reduced steel roll output 2% year-on-year in September 2019 to 4.9 million tonnes, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said.
Pig iron production fell 0.4% to 4.1 million tonnes.
Russian ferrous metal and related output:
| Sept 2019 | Sept 2019/Sept 2018 | Sept 2019/Aug 2018 | 9M 2019/9M 2018 | |
| Pig iron, mln tonnes | 4.1 | -0.4% | -3.9% | -1.8% |
| Ferrosilicon, '000 tonnes | 68.2 | -8.9% | -0.6% | -9.4% |
| Unalloyed steel, mln tonnes | 4.9 | 0.7% | 1.5% | -0.9% |
| Stainless steel, '000 tonnes | 13.3 | -33.6% | 1.4% | -16.6% |
| Alloyed steel, mln tonnes, of which: | 1.1 | 0.9% | -6.6% | 0.2% |
| Roll, mln tonnes | 4.9 | -2.0% | -5.2% | -0.4% |
| Seamless oil and gas pipeline steel pipes, '000 tonnes | 53.8 | 3.2% | -13.4% | -8.5% |
| Seamless steel drilling and casing pipes and well tubing, '000 tonnes, of which: | 147 | 0.0% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| - casing pipes | 86.6 | -4.3% | 8.0% | -2.7% |
| - seamless well tubing | 56.8 | 8.2% | -5.2% | 10.6% |
| - drilling pipes | 3.3 | -12.6% | -24.3% | 7.2% |
| Other steel pipes with circular cross-section, '000 tonnes | 207 | -13.0% | -10.5% | 1.1% |
| Unalloyed wire, '000 tonnes | 119 | -5.9% | -14.5% | 6.6% |
| Stainless steel wire, tonnes | 603 | -14.6% | 8.2% | -38.6% |
| Other unalloyed steel wire, '000 tonnes | 14.3 | -19.0% | -4.1% | -15.6% |