In April this year, Tatarstan-based Almetyevsk Pipe Plant (ATZ), a subsidiary of Russian pipe producing company United Metallurgical Company (OMK), produced 14,700 mt of steel pipes. In the January-April period of the current year, the mill increased its steel pipe output by 11.8 percent compared to the same period of 2010, reaching 58,830 mt.
In April this year, ATZ shipped 13,060 mt of steel pipes. In January-April, ATZ increased its shipments of steel pipes by 4.5 percent year on year to 56,600 mt.