15 Jul 2010 10:14

Evraz boosts steel production 26% to 4.3 mln tonnes in Q2

MOSCOW. July 15 (Interfax) - Evraz Group produced 4.282 million tonnes of steel in the second quarter of 2010, 25.8% more than in the same period last year.

Evraz produced 3.4 million tonnes of steel in the second quarter of 2009 and 4 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2010.

Output of rolled products rose 14.6% year-on-year to 3.736 million tonnes.