17 Sep 2012 18:33

Russian increases steelmaking 4% to 48 mln tonnes in Jan-Aug - Rosstat

MOSCOW. Sept 17 (Interfax) - Russia increased steelmaking by 4.4% year-on-year to 47.5 million tonnes in January-August 2012, Russia's State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said in its materials.

At the same time, steelmaking in annual comparison came increased by 3.3% in August but decreased slightly compared to July 2012.

Production of main types of ferrous metals in Jan-Aug 2012:

Production	8mths. 2012	Aug2012/ Aug 2011, %	Aug2012/ July 2012, %	8mths 2012/ 8mths 2011, %
Coke, metallurgical and coal-bearing, in mlns of tonnes	18.2	97.9	100.1	100.2
Cast iron, in mlns of tonnes	33.8	103.1	102.1	106.7
Steel, in mlns of tonnes	47.5	103.3	99.9	104.4
Rolled iron	41.7	103.4	100.9	105.6
Steel pipe, in mlns of tonnes	6.3	97.3	107.6	89.9