22 Jun 2009 19:17
Russia reduces steel output 32% in Jan-May
MOSCOW. June 22 (Interfax) - Russia reduced crude steel output 31.7% to 21.9 million tonnes in January-May 2009 compared to the same period of 2008, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said on Monday.
Converter steel output declined 25.1% to 13.7 million tonnes in the period and electric steel output fell 29.3% to 6.3 million tonnes.
Pig iron production decreased 29.6% to 15.9 million tonnes.
Finished roll production fell 28.7% to 18.95 million tonnes in the period, including a decline of 29% to 10.9 million tonnes of flat products, 60% to 21,800 tonnes of stainless steel and 28% to 7.9 million tonnes of long products.
Pig iron, crude steel and roll output at Russian enterprises ('000 tonnes):
Company | May | Jan-May 2009 | Jan-May 2008 | May vs. April % | 2009 vs. 2008 % |
PIG IRON (including blast furnace ferroalloys) | |||||
Russia total | 3491 | 15949.1 | 22651.4 | 105.5 | 70.4 |
Of which: | |||||
Severstal | 523.5 | 2622.5 | 3802.8 | 97.4 | 69 |
Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) | 640.5 | 2901 | 4306 | 95.8 | 67.4 |
Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) | 795.6 | 2975.8 | 4021.4 | 126.5 | 74 |
West Siberian Iron & Steel Plant (ZSMK) | 335 | 1580 | 2433.6 | 112.4 | 64.9 |
Nizhny Tagil Iron & Steel Works | 376.5 | 1722 | 2227.9 | 109.4 | 77.3 |
Chelyabinsk Iron & Steel Works | 288.4 | 1208.1 | 1606.7 | 120.3 | 75.2 |
Tulachermet | 192 | 901.9 | 1231.7 | 105.4 | 73.2 |
Urals Steel | 223 | 1060 | 1235 | 97.8 | 85.8 |
Novokuznetsk Iron & Steel Works (NKMK) | 341.3 | 514.7 | 66.3 | ||
Chusovoi Steel Works | 12 | 56 | 306 | 92.3 | 18.3 |
Serov Steel Works | 17.5 | 66.4 | 158.7 | 102.9 | 41.8 |
Svobodny Sokol | 41.9 | 269.3 | 340.2 | 115.4 | 79.2 |
Kosaya Gora Metals Plant | 38.4 | 185.4 | 331 | 118.2 | 56 |
CRUDE STEEL | |||||
Russia total | 4637.8 | 21854.5 | 31980.9 | 106 | 68.3 |
Of which: | |||||
Oxygen-converter steel | 3000.1 | 13674.2 | 18259.8 | 107.2 | 74.9 |
Electric steel | 1294.1 | 6330.6 | 8959.0 | 116.8 | 70.7 |
Companies: | |||||
Severstal | 676.1 | 3421.5 | 5209.7 | 101 | 65.7 |
MMK | 675.4 | 3417.6 | 5954.7 | 100.5 | 57.4 |
NLMK | 786.0 | 3171.4 | 4014.0 | 115.3 | 79 |
ZSMK | 417.6 | 1958.7 | 3010.3 | 113.2 | 65.1 |
NTMK | 349.3 | 1598.6 | 2424.6 | 110.3 | 65.9 |
Chelyabinsk | 365.5 | 1567.8 | 2186.6 | 123.5 | 71.7 |
Urals Steel | 280.3 | 1341.0 | 1554.9 | 92.2 | 86.2 |
NKMK | 118.4 | 552.7 | 623.9 | 99.4 | 88.6 |
Oskol Electrometallurgical Combine | 274.9 | 1302.6 | 1300.9 | 105.8 | 100.1 |
Serov | 40.4 | 153.4 | 315.1 | 130.1 | 48.7 |
Chusovoi | 17.7 | 60.3 | 222.8 | 131 | 27.1 |
FINISHED ROLL (incl export billets) | |||||
Russia total | 3969.4 | 18955.6 | 26593.4 | 106.8 | 71.3 |
Of which: | |||||
Flat products | 1656.7 | 7938.4 | 11031.2 | 102.5 | 72 |
H/r sheet | 1112.0 | 5563.4 | 7452.2 | 103.2 | 74.7 |
C/r sheet | 544.7 | 2375.0 | 3578.9 | 100.9 | 66.4 |
Long products | 2282.3 | 10881.2 | 15316.1 | 110.6 | 71 |
Stainless | 4.5 | 21.8 | 54.4 | 72 | 40 |
Companies: | |||||
Severstal | 634.2 | 3040.7 | 4362.1 | 108.2 | 69.7 |
MMK | 620.2 | 3240.0 | 5484.1 | 102.4 | 59.1 |
NLMK | 691.7 | 2951.1 | 3766.5 | 110.1 | 78.4 |
ZSMK | 338.0 | 1689.4 | 2373.0 | 104.9 | 71.2 |
NTMK | 316.1 | 1472.2 | 2088.9 | 111.9 | 70.5 |
Chelyabinsk | 247.0 | 1190.7 | 1576.9 | 117.4 | 75.5 |
NKMK | 140.8 | 607.0 | 713.2 | 109.3 | 85.1 |
Urals Steel | 234.6 | 1101.7 | 1337.6 | 101.6 | 82.4 |
Oskol | 239.0 | 1200.2 | 1164.6 | 104.9 | 103.1 |
Serov | 30.9 | 143.0 | 244.7 | 107.2 | 58.4 |
Chusovoi | 13.6 | 62.8 | 201.4 | 97.6 | 31.2 |