20 Mar 2012 17:28
Russia boosts steel export billet production 38% in Feb - Rosstat
MOSCOW. March 20 (Interfax) - Russia raised steel export billet production 38% year-on-year in February to 1.1 million tonnes, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said.
Ferrous metal and related output:
| Feb 2012 | % of 2011 | % of Jan 2012 | 2 mths 2012/2 mths 2011, % | |
| Coal, mln tonnes | 27,7 | 5,3% | -3,5% | 5,5% |
| - of which: bituminous | 20,6 | 7,1% | -4,6% | 9,8% |
| -- of which: coking coal | 5,7 | 12,6% | 0,4% | 13,1% |
| - raw bituminous | 14 | 3,0% | -7,2% | 7,1% |
| - raw lignite | 7,1 | 0,4% | -0,4% | -5,3% |
| Bituminous coal concentrate, mln tonnes | 6,4 | 2,2% | -3,3% | 3,5% |
| Iron ore concentrate, mln tonnes | 8,2 | 8,7% | -5,9% | 6,6% |
| Iron ore pellets (oxidized), mln tonnes | 3,2 | 5,7% | -8,2% | 4,9% |
| Metallurgical coke, mln tonnes | 2,2 | 3,0% | -5,6% | 1,4% |
| Coking coal fines, '000 tonnes | 74,8 | 15,6% | -2,1% | 9,0% |
| Pig iron | 4 | 7,2% | -7,3% | 6,5% |
| Ferrosilicon, '000 tonnes | 79,4 | 12,8% | -16,8% | 12,8% |
| Low-carbon ferrochrome, '000 tonnes | 16,6 | -10,6% | -2,8% | -8,2% |
| Crude steel, mln tonnes | 5,8 | 7,7% | -2,7% | 4,8% |
| Finished roll, mln tonnes, of which: | 5,1 | 9,3% | -1,6% | 6,1% |
| - long products (not including export billets) | 1,6 | 2,1% | -4,3% | 2,3% |
| - flat products, of which: | 2,4 | 4,4% | 0,0% | 0,1% |
| -- c/r | 1,6 | 3,0% | 0,7% | -2,2% |
| --h/r | 0,8 | 7,4% | -1,5% | 4,7% |
| --export billets | 1,1 | 38,2% | -0,8% | 30,9% |
| Steel pipes, '000 tonnes, of which: | 738 | -11,2% | 3,3% | -18,8% |
| - seamless | 249 | 4,9% | 0,0% | 3,2% |
| - welded (not including electro-welded) | 26 | 70,6% | 43,4% | -35,7% |
| - electro-welded large-diameter pipes | 201 | -36,0% | 3,3% | -37,3% |
| - other electro-welded | 262 | -0,9% | 3,8% | -15,3% |
| Of which: | ||||
| - drilling pipes (except cast iron) | 3 | -21,7% | 31,2% | -31,0% |
| - casing pipes | 71,1 | 26,9% | -4,7% | 14,4% |
| - oil well tubing | 34,4 | 11,2% | 0,0% | 7,4% |
| Iron or non-alloyed steel wire, '000 tonnes | 101 | 0,3% | -1,5% | 0,9% |
| Stainless steel and other alloyed steel wire, '000 tonnes | 23,6 | -11,6% | 6,7% | -12,5% |