Russia releases production results for Jan-Sept 2006

According to the data released by the Russian Federation's Federal State Statistics Service for the January-September 2006 period, the country increased coke production by 2.6 percent, raised finished steel products output by 7.4 percent, while pipe production went up by 18.3 percent year on year. The respective figures in metric tons were 24.3 million, 43.3 million and 5.8 million.