Belarus issues Jan-Nov production results

According to a release issued by Belarus' Statistics and Analysis Ministry, the country registered a 11.1 percent increase in its crude steel production, a 12 percent increase in its finished steel products output and a 24.4 percent increase in its steel pipe output year on year in the first eleven months of 2006. The respective figures in metric tons were 2.1 million, 1.97 million and 121,100.