Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Russian Steel Output Down In October

According to the data released by the Russian Federation Federal State Statistics Service, metallurgical production in Russia in October 2009 down by 0.1% YoY while in the January to October period a drop of 19.3 YoY.

In October Russia crude steel production up by 14.6% YoY to 5.5 million tonnes increased by 3.5% MoM. In October, Russia produced 4.1 million tonnes of pig iron and blast furnace ferroalloys up by 21%YoY and 3.1% MoM, 4.5 million tonnes of billets up by 24.3%YoY and down by 0.2%MoM, 2.6 million tonnes of long products up by 13.9%YoY and up by 2.9 MoM and 2.1 million tonnes of flat rolled products up by 33.9%YoY and down 2.2%MoM. The above flat rolled production figure includes 700,000 tonnes of cold rolled up by 13.9%YoY, and 1.4 million tonnes of hot rolled up by 47.1%YoY.

In October 2009 Russia produced 548,000 tonnes of rolled products from low alloyed steel down by 22.1%YoY, 303,000 tonnes of coated sheet and tinplate down by 5.7% YoY, 61,900 tonnes of cold rolled steel strip up by 30.6% YoY, 64,700 tonnes of bent steel sections down by 11.7% YoY and 27,500 tonnes of wire rod down by 21.7% YoY.

Source: Steel Guru

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