17 Apr 2014 16:55
Russia cuts steel output 0.9% in March - Rosstat
MOSCOW. April 17 (Interfax) - Russia reduced crude steel production 0.9% year-on-year in March to 5.9 million tonnes, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said.
Russian ferrous metal and related output:
| March 2014 | % of March 2013 | % of Feb 2014 | Q1 2014/Q1 2013, % | |
| Coal, mln tonnes | 28,7 | -5,6% | 1,3% | -1,7% |
| - of which: bituminous | 23,1 | -1,9% | 1,8% | 4,1% |
| -- coking coal | 6,0 | -1,5% | 3% | 1,3% |
| - lignite coal | 5,7 | -17,9% | -0,8% | -19,2% |
| Enriched coal, mln tonnes | 10,4 | 9,1% | 8,5% | 6,3% |
| Iron ore concentrate, mln tonnes | 8,6 | -1,8% | 10,2% | -0,8% |
| Iron ore pellets (oxidized), mln tonnes | 3,4 | 4,4% | 10,6% | 1,9% |
| Pig iron, mln tonnes | 4,2 | 0,3% | 7,9% | 0,3% |
| Ferrosilicon, '000 tonnes | 86,5 | -6,3% | 10,7% | -5,7% |
| Low-carbon ferrochrome, '000 tonnes | 17,6 | -2,4% | 13,6% | -3,6% |
| Crude steel, mln tonnes | 5,9 | -0,9% | 10% | -1% |
| Finished roll, mln tonnes, of which: | 5,1 | -0,1% | 11,4% | -1,1% |
| - long products (not including export billets) | 1,7 | 1,3% | 13,9% | 0,6% |
| - flat products, of which: | 2,4 | -0,5% | 12,8% | -0,6% |
| -- h/r | 1,6 | -1,6% | 11,4% | -0,8% |
| -- c/r | 0,8 | 1,7% | 15,9% | 0% |
| Export billets | 1,0 | -0,9% | 4,6% | -3,7% |
| Coated flat products, '000 tonnes | 489 | 6,5% | 16% | 3,7% |
| Galvanized products, '000 tonnes | 47,0 | 13,6% | 16,1% | 10,6% |
| Steel pipes, '000 tonnes, of which: | 873 | -1,4% | 11,4% | -0,6% |
| - seamless | 294 | 3,7% | 12,4% | 1,8% |
| - welded (not including electro-welded) | 27,3 | -0,4% | 7,4% | -4% |
| - electro-welded large-diameter pipes | 202 | -18,6% | -1,6% | -8% |
| - other electro-welded | 350 | 7,3% | 19,9% | 2,9% |
| Of which: | ||||
| - drilling pipes | 4,1 | 41,2% | 63% | 20,4% |
| - casing pipes | 98,3 | 24,9% | 30,1% | 22,5% |
| - oil well tubing | 32,2 | -15,2% | -1,2% | -7,7% |
| Iron or non-alloyed steel wire, '000 tonnes | 131 | 7,8% | 10,5% | 6% |
| Stainless steel and other alloyed steel wire, '000 tonnes | 23,7 | -0,6% | 5,2% | -2% |
