According to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat), in the January-September period of the current year Russia produced 240 million mt of coal and 77.3 million mt of iron ore concentrate - up 2.3 percent and 8.3 percent respectively compared to the same period last year. In the given period, Russia's metallurgical coke output went up by two percent year on year to 20.4 million mt.
In the first nine months of 2011, Russia registered a three percent increase year on year in its crude steel production to 51.1 million mt.
In January-September, Russia saw a 18.4 percent increase in its steel pipe production to 7.8 million mt and a 3.4 percent rise in its finished steel output to 44.2 million mt.
On the other hand, the country's production of pig iron went down by 0.2 percent year on year to 35.8 million mt during the first nine months of 2011.