19 Aug 2014 16:35
Russia ups steel output 6.6% in July - Rosstat
MOSCOW. Aug 19 (Interfax) - Russia raised crude steel production 6.6% year-on-year in July to 6.1 million tonnes, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said.
Steel production was up 1.5% month-on-month.
Russian ferrous metal and related output:
| July 2014 | July 2014/July 2013, % | July 2014/June 2013, % | 7M 2014/7M 2013, % | |
| Coal, mln tonnes | 27,8 | -1,3% | 3,5% | -3,7% |
| - of which: bituminous | 23,8 | -0,4% | 4% | 0% |
| -- coking coal | 6,3 | -3,9% | 8,2% | -1% |
| - lignite coal | 4,0 | -6,1% | 0,6% | -18,1% |
| Enriched coal, mln tonnes | 10,7 | 8,1% | 5,1% | 4,6% |
| Iron ore concentrate, mln tonnes | 8,4 | -2,2% | 0,9% | -0,6% |
| Iron ore pellets (oxidized), mln tonnes | 3,2 | -4% | -0,8% | 1,3% |
| Pig iron, mln tonnes | 4,4 | 3,9% | 3,6% | 0,6% |
| Ferrosilicon, '000 tonnes | 88,2 | 3,2% | 7,6% | -4,2% |
| Low-carbon ferrochrome, '000 tonnes | 16,3 | -5,9% | -12,2% | -4,8% |
| Crude steel, mln tonnes | 6,1 | 6,6% | 1,5% | 1,8% |
| Finished roll, mln tonnes, of which: | 5,3 | 7,9% | 1,3% | 2,8% |
| - long products (not including export billets) | 1,8 | 5,6% | -0,6% | 4,5% |
| - flat products, of which: | 2,4 | 9,7% | 2,6% | 3,2% |
| -- h/r | 1,7 | 12,3% | 4,7% | 3,3% |
| -- c/r | 0,7 | 4,3% | -1,8% | 3,1% |
| Export billets | 1,1 | 9,9% | 4,1% | 0,3% |
| Coated flat products, '000 tonnes | 509 | 3,5% | 1,8% | 5% |
| Galvanized products, '000 tonnes | 48,1 | 4,3% | -6% | 7,7% |
| Steel pipes, '000 tonnes, of which: | 1025 | 10,3% | 10,4% | 4,2% |
| - seamless | 277 | 8,3% | 3,9% | 5,9% |
| - welded (not including electro-welded) | 22,4 | -22,8% | -9,7% | -2,7% |
| - electro-welded large-diameter pipes | 307 | 24,9% | 21,6% | 0,3% |
| - other electro-welded | 419 | 4,9% | 8,8% | 6,2% |
| Of which: | ||||
| - drilling pipes | 3,1 | -14,9% | 9,1% | 7,9% |
| - casing pipes | 66,5 | -4,5% | -18,3% | 16,5% |
| - oil well tubing | 37,9 | 16,6% | 8,2% | 1,9% |
| Iron or non-alloyed steel wire, '000 tonnes | 143 | 21,1% | 1,3% | 13% |
| Stainless steel and other alloyed steel wire, '000 tonnes | 24,4 | 8% | 6,2% | -1,1% |
