In the first two months of 2008, Russia registered a five percent increase in its crude steel production year on year to 12.7 million metric tons.
In addition, during the period in question, Russia produced 9.1 million metric tons of pig iron - up 6.6 percent, nine million metric tons of semi-finished products - up 6.1 percent, 6.1 million metric tons of long products - up six percent, and 4.3 million metric tons of flat rolled products - up 6.5 percent, all compared to January-February 2007. The above flat rolled production figure includes 1.4 million metric tons of cold rolled and 2.9 million metric tons of hot rolled, up 9.3 percent and 5.3 percent respectively year on year.