19 Nov 2014 17:43

Russia ups steel output 2% in 10M - Rosstat

MOSCOW. Nov 19 (Interfax) - Russia produced 58.6 million tonnes of crude steel in January-October 2014, 1.9% more than in the same period last year, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said.

Output in October alone was up 2.9% from September.

Russian ferrous metal and related output in Jan-Oct 2014:

10M 2014 Oct 2014/Oct 2013, % Oct 2014/Sept 2014 10M 2014/10M 2013
Metallurgical coke, mln tonnes 285 2,9% 6,3% -1.5%
Pig iron, mln tonnes 42,5 5,7% 1,6% 2.2%
Crude steel, mln tonnes 58,6 0,9% 2,9% 1.9%
Finished roll, mln tonnes 50,7 -1% 2,1% 2.8%
Steel pipes, '000 tonnes 9,3 31,2% 2,5% 10.1%