17 Oct 2014 16:26

Russian steel output flat, LDP output soars 57% in Sept - Rosstat

MOSCOW. Oct 17 (Interfax) - Russia produced 5.6 million tonnes of crude steel in September 2014, as much as in the same month last year, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said.

Electro-welded large diameter pipe (LDP) output soared 57% year-on-year in September to 324 million tonnes.

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

	September 2014	Sept 2014/Sept 2o13, %	Sept 2014/Aug 2013, %	9M 2014/9M 2013, %
Coal, mln tonnes	30,0	3,7%	5,6%	-2,2%
- of which: bituminous	23,8	1,8%	0,9%	0,4%
-- coking coal	6,1	-0,1%	0,4%	-1,1%
- lignite coal	6,2	11,7%	28,5%	-12,6%
Enriched coal, mln tonnes	10,3	8,5%	-4,6%	5,6%
Iron ore concentrate, mln tonnes	8,4	-0,6%	-3,9%	-0,5%
Iron ore pellets (oxidized), mln tonnes	3,4	5,3%	7,1%	0,9%
Pig iron, mln tonnes	4,3	9,5%	-2,7%	1,8%
Ferrosilicon, '000 tonnes	84,1	5,9%	-2%	-2,1%
Low-carbon ferrochrome, '000 tonnes	6,7	57,1%	6,1%	18,8%
Crude steel, mln tonnes	5,6	0	-8,4%	2%
Finished roll, mln tonnes, of which:	5,0	5,3%	-5,6%	3,4%
- long products (not including export billets)	1,7	-4,6%	-7,3%	3,4%
- flat products, of which:	2,3	6,1%	-6,7%	4,3%
-- h/r	1,6	12,8%	-6,9%	5,7%
-- c/r	0,7	-7%	-6,4%	1,3%
Export billets	1,1	24,6%	-0,2%	2,5%
Coated flat products, '000 tonnes	478	-3,4%	-4,5%	3,4%
Galvanized products, '000 tonnes	44,8	3%	-5,8%	6,1%
Steel pipes, '000 tonnes, of which:	1068	23,7	6%	7,7%
- seamless	282	14,2%	4%	6,9%
- welded (not including electro-welded)	28,5	8,2%	39,2%	-3,3%
- electro-welded large-diameter pipes	324	57,4%	8,7%	10%
- other electro-welded	433	12,9%	3,8%	7,6%
Of which:
- drilling pipes	3,5	-20,1%	-4%	2,3%
- casing pipes	63,5	-13,3%	20,4%	10,3%
- oil well tubing	35,8	7,6%	-7,8%	4,3%
Flat products less than 600 mm wide, uncoated	71,9	29,5%	-13,4%	14,8%
Iron or non-alloyed steel wire, '000 tonnes	135	17,6%	-4,7%	14,1%
Stainless steel and other alloyed steel wire, '000 tonnes	25,8	5,4%	1,5%	0,8%