Statistics: Russia's Steel Output falls 0.4% to 23 mln tns Jan–Apr

  • Wednesday, May 28, 2014
  • Source:ferro-alloys.com

  • Keywords:Steel,Cast iron,Coal mining,Production,Russia.January-April
[Fellow]Statistics: Russia's Steel Output falls 0.4% to 23 mln tns Jan–Apr

[Ferro-alloys.com] Russia’s steel production fell 0.4% on the year to 22.9 million tonnes in January–April, the Federal State Statistics Service said in a statement Tuesday.

Cast iron production increased 0.6% on the year to 16.7 million tonnes in the period, while ferrous metals rolled stock output remained flat at 19.7 million tonnes. Steel pipe output rose 0.4% to 3.2 million tonnes.

Coal mining decreased 3.2% to 113 million tonnes in the period, while metallurgy coke output edged up 0.2% to 8.7 million tonnes.

In 2013, steel production in Russia decreased 2.7% to 68.8 million tonnes.

  • [Editor:Phillip.Feng]

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