In the first six months of the current year, Russia registered a 1.2 percent year-on-year increase in its crude steel output to 35.1 million mt, according to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat).
In June alone, in Russia crude steel production increased by 7.4 percent, rolled steel output rose by 8.4 percent, while steel pipe production increased by 2.9 percent, all year on year.