According to the data released by the Russian Federation's Federal State Statistics Service, during the January-September 2006 period, the country recorded a 7.2 percent increase in its crude steel output year on year, producing 52.5 million metric tons.
During the period in question,
Severstal increased its crude steel
production by 4.6 percent,
MMK by 9.2 percent,
NLMK by 10.1 percent and ZapSib by 34.6 percent.