Russia increases steel pipe output
Russian Ministry of Industry and Energy indicated that
Russias steel
pipe production in the first ten months of 2005 increased by 5.8 percent to 5.42 million tons, as compared to the corresponding period of previous year.
The country produced 550000 tons of steel pipes in October, while the
production in September was 605000 tons.
For the whole year, steel
pipe output is expected to increase by 2.8 percent to 6.2 million tons.