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