17 Jul 2015 17:33

Russian steel roll output down 7.1% in June - Rosstat

MOSCOW. July 17 (Interfax) - Russia produced 4.8 million tonnes of rolled steel in June 2015, 7.1% less than in the same month last year, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said.

Output fell 0.6% year-on-year in H1 2015.

Russian ferrous metal and related output:

June 2015 % of June 2014 % of May 2015 H1 2015/H1 2014, %
Pig iron, mln tonnes 4,3 1,7% -4,3% 3,7%
Ferrosilicon, '000 tonnes 88,1 7,3% 0,4% 8,5%
Ferrosilicon chrome, '000 tonnes 10,2 2.1-fold -4,9% 57,2%
Crude steel, mln tonnes 5,6 -7,5% -4,3% -0,2%
Finished roll, mln tonnes, of which: 4,8 -7,1% -2,4% -0,6%
- long products (not including export billets) 1,6 -12,6% 6% -8,4%
- flat products. of which: 2,3 -3% -2,1% 1,3%
-- h/rubles 1,6 -0,4% -4,3% 4%
-- c/rubles 0,7 -8,5% 3,7% -4,7%
Export billets 1 -6,3% -14,1% 9,4%
Coated flat products, mln tonnes 449 -8,2% 18,1% -5,9%
Galvanized products, '000 tonnes 53 2,4% 13,2% 6%
Stainless steel wire rod, coiled, '000 tonnes 1 -13,8% 8,6% -3,6%
Steel pipes, '000 tonnes, of which: 988 6,6% 5,9% 9,8%
- seamless 282 6,4% 6,8% 1,6%
- welded (not including electro-welded) 19,5 -24,6% 2,1% -22,1%
- electro-welded large-diameter pipes 349 38,2% -9,1% 55,3%
- other electro-welded 337 -12,1% 26,9% -12,3%
Of which:
- drilling pipes 3,3 8,1% -9,5% 0,8%
- casing pipes 68,5 -14,9% 4,9% -19,1%
- oil well tubing 42,6 21,7% -1,5% 19,2%
Flat products less than 600 mm wide, uncoated 39,7 -23,9% -14,5% 0,4%
Iron or non-alloyed steel wire, '000 tonnes 122 -14,1% 16,6% -12,4%
Stainless steel and other alloyed steel wire, '000 tonnes 13,7 -32,4% -6,5% -20,5%