In January this year, Russia produced 5.19 million mt of crude steel, registering a 33 percent increase year on year, but a 5.7 percent decrease compared to December 2009.
According to the data released by the Russian Federation's Federal State Statistics Service, in January the output of the country's main steel products was below the levels of December 2009 due to the shortened month caused by the winter holidays.
Jan 2010 | Change (%) | ||
Jan 2009 | Dec 2009 | ||
Crude steel (million mt) | 5.19 | +33 | -5.7 |
Pig iron (million mt) | 4 | +45.5 | -3.1 |
Ferrosilicon (thousand mt) | 72 | +18.3 | +8.8 |
Low carbon ferrochrome (thousand mt) | 20 | +59.5 | +2.8 |
Semi-finished products (million mt) | 5 | +36.4 | -5.4 |
Finished products (million mt) | 4 | +24.7 | -8 |
- Longs (million mt) | 1.8 | -3 | -14.5 |
- Flats (million mt) | 2.2 | +65.3 | -1.6 |
Pipes (thousand mt) | 604 | +58.5 | -21.4 |
- Drill pipes (thousand mt) | 1.6 | -12.5 | -18.6 |
- Casing pipes (thousand mt) | 82.5 | -14.7 | -23.8 |
- Tubing (thousand mt) | 39 | +73.2 | +6.6 |
Wire of non-alloyed steel (thousand mt) | 77.6 | +20.7 | +8.2 |
Wire of stainless and other alloyed steel (thousand mt) | 18,5 | +36.6 | -5.8 |