Belarus' steelmakers have accumulated 72.1 percent of their average monthly volume of steel pipe production in their warehouses, the Belarusian information company BelPan has stated.
Accordingly, compared to early September 2008, the warehouse reserves of Belarusian steelmakers have increased by 1.4 percent. During the past year, the steelmaker's reserves of wire rod have increased by 9.5 times to 3, 300 mt, while their reserves of finished steel products have risen by 9.1 times to 7,300 mt.
As SteelOrbis previous reported, in January-August this year Belarus' crude steel output dropped by 3.6 percent to 1.74 million mt, its finished steel product output decreased by 1.7 percent to 1.62 million mt, its steel pipe production declined by 39.6 percent to 67,500 mt, while its wire rod output went down by 40 percent to 35,900 mt.